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NC Newsline @ncnewsline.com · 19h

A Short-Lived Win in a Never-Ending Fight Over Forever Chemicals ncnewsline.com/2025/10/13/a... #ncpol #PFAS @lisasorg.bsky.social @insideclimatenews.org

A Short-Lived Win in a Never-Ending Fight Over Forever Chemicals • NC Newsline

For seven years N.C. activists overcame political and scientific hurdles to convince the EPA to enact PFAS regulations in drinking water. Now they’re confronting a Trump administration intent on quash...

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Lisa Sorg @lisasorg.bsky.social · 22h

Estate sale find: Vintage dental kit

Dentures in a wooden tabletop chest that is a vintage dental
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

An EPA report found that the forever chemical PFNA interferes with human development and likely causes damage to the liver and male reproductive systems.

The agency has sat on the report for months. “Scientifically, it was done,” said one scientist.

By @fastlerner.bsky.social

Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.

Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...

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Lisa Sorg @lisasorg.bsky.social · 1d

Scientists found PFAS in fresh vegetables & fish, eggs & beer. Pine needles, honey & house dust. Landfills, compost and sewage sludge.  Blood of horses. Blood of dogs. Their own blood.
 1st in a series re: NC's PFAS crisis under Trump @cleancapefear.bsky.social
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A Short-Lived Win in a Never-Ending Fight Over Forever Chemicals - Inside Climate News

For seven years N.C. activists overcame political and scientific hurdles to convince the EPA to enact PFAS regulations in drinking water. Now they’re confronting a Trump administration intent on quash...

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Climate Tracker @climate.skyfleet.blue · 2d

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Scientists to COP28: ‘We’re Clearly in The Danger Zone’ - Inside Climate News

As this year’s climate talks head into their final days, a new report also highlights positive social tipping points that can drive “the odds in our favor.”

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Justin Molito @justinmolito.bsky.social · 4d

This is a truly brilliant explanation of what it is like to live in these times.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 6d

"There just isn’t enough time. There’s only what we manage to make of it—what we build, what we protect, what we remember to carry to the car. The gas mask. The snacks. The question we forgot to ask. The name of the person taken." My latest.

The Emergency Is the Atmosphere

“It’s meant to exhaust us. It’s meant to destroy us."

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Lisa Sorg @lisasorg.bsky.social · 3d

When the @nytimes.com Connections constructor is a fan of Big Star's third album

Today's Connections game in the New York Times

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Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · 3d

Animal rights activists are calling upon local government and global conservation partners to intervene and find sanctuaries for mammals at a shuttered Canadian marine park.

Shuttered Canadian Marine Park Warns It May Euthanize 30 Beluga Whales, Prompting a Global Outcry - Inside Climate News

The uncertain future of 30 beluga whales still living in tanks at Marineland—a shuttered aquarium and amusement park in Niagara Falls, Ontario—has drawn global outcry from animal rights activists this...

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Lisa Sorg @lisasorg.bsky.social · 4d

In Charlotte today for a conference. Took No 21 bus downtown > Amtrak. The bus goes to places that serve the unhoused and very poor. I never felt unsafe. But as the bus passed skyscrapers occupied by the very rich I felt disconsolate about how little we care for people who have absolutely nothing

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The Onion @theonion.com · 4d

Bored National Guard Goes Door To Door Asking If Chicagoans Have Any Order They Need Restored https://theonion.com/bored-national-guard-goes-door-to-door-asking-if-chicagoans-have-any-order-they-need-restored/

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Lisa Sorg @lisasorg.bsky.social · 10d

My 7700-word story about PFAS has now been cut to a manageable (and readable) 5350.
This is why writers need editors

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NC Newsline @ncnewsline.com · 10d

North Carolina’s largest utility cites the Trump administration’s rollback of air pollution regulations and increases in power demand as factors in its proposed fuel mix. Story by @lisasorg.bsky.social @insideclimatenews.org #ncpol

In its new carbon plan, Duke Energy gambles on coal as a shorter-term fix for powering data centers • NC Newsline

North Carolina’s largest utility cites the Trump administration’s rollback of air pollution regulations and increases in power demand as factors in its proposed fuel mix.

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Lisa Sorg @lisasorg.bsky.social · 10d

More nukes, nat gas and coal --yes, you read that right, coal. No wind, less solar. If you're a greenhouse gas, you had a banner week.
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In Its New Carbon Plan, Duke Energy Gambles on Coal as a Shorter-Term Fix for Powering Data Centers - Inside Climate News

North Carolina’s largest utility cites the Trump administration’s rollback of air pollution regulations and increases in power demand as factors in its proposed fuel mix.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 17d

Noah catalogued every living animal in pairs and was hyperfocused on boats.

Don’t tell me autism started with Tylenol.

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Lisa Sorg @lisasorg.bsky.social · 16d

The heart of the issue: Should a jury hear a case alleging that Duke Energy is responsible for lying about the link between climate change and extreme weather that has inflicted millions of dollars of property damage on the Town of Carrboro? insideclimatenews.org/news/2609202...

Is Duke Energy Liable for Climate-Related Property Damage After Funding Denialist Campaigns? - Inside Climate News

Attorneys for the town of Carrboro and Duke Energy sparred in court for hours over this question before a judge, who asked them for more information. Carrboro says it sustained $20 million in property...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17d

NEW: Income isn’t supposed to play a role in how much housing assistance FEMA gives families.

But in some North Carolina counties, the highest-income homeowners received two to three times as much money after Hurricane Helene as those with lower incomes.

With @theassemblync.bsky.social

Arduous and Unequal: The Fight to Get FEMA Housing Assistance After Helene

An analysis by ProPublica and The Assembly of the more rural counties in North Carolina hardest hit by Helene shows that the households that got the most aid tended to have the highest incomes.

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Bob Berwyn @bberwyn.bsky.social · 17d

Interesting chat about climate disinformation coming from the top levels of the U.S. government with my @insideclimatenews.org colleagues, @vernonloeb.bsky.social and @mlavelle.bsky.social.

Disinformation on Steroids: Climate Science Takes It on the Chin - Inside Climate News

The fifth and final installment in our special Climate Week video series.

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North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies @ncstate-ncics.bsky.social · 17d

As we mark the first anniversary of Hurricane Helene's destructive arrival in western North Carolina, we are pleased to share a series of videos on Helene by NCICS' Dr. Carl Schreck.

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Lisa Sorg @lisasorg.bsky.social · 18d

I wanted to engrave a phrase on the inside of our wedding rings but it was too long. I would fail the bullet engraving test. Probably would try a sonnet or something

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Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · 18d

New research suggests that exposure to high heat and air pollution in the womb is altering brain development, affecting mental health and behavior years down the road.

Urban Heat and Air Pollution May Harm Developing Brains in the Womb, Study Suggests - Inside Climate News

Focusing on minority populations, the study’s findings show how low-income communities in New York City can bear generational consequences from climate change.

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Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · 18d

You may have noticed your electricity bills are going up by a lot. Here’s a look at how much household electricity prices have risen nationally and in each state.

Which States Are Getting Hit Hardest by Electricity Price Increases? - Inside Climate News

The pain of rate hikes is not distributed evenly across the U.S.

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Lisa Sorg @lisasorg.bsky.social · 18d

Just endured six hrs of court arguments in the case Carrboro v Duke Energy and that should qualify for hazard pay

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Lisa Sorg @lisasorg.bsky.social · 20d

I've never been told I'm on the spectrum, but at one time I had memorized every area code and corresponding major city/state. And just recently, I wrote down the full names of 107 of my 124 high school classmates. Really dig trains, too.
My mom didn't take Tylenol, but she did smoke Winstons.

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Matt Hartman @themhartman.bsky.social · 21d

breaking news from unc: former provost chris clemens is suing the university for open meetings and public records violations during their discussion about delaying tenure votes

www.theassemblync.com/education/hi...

Former Provost Sues UNC-Chapel Hill Trustees Over Closed Meetings

Chris Clemens accused the trustees of "hiding matters of grave public concern,” including tenure debates, using a Signal group and closed session.

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Joshua Basseches @joshuabasseches.bsky.social · 23d

Great reporting from ICN on energy industry lobbying expenditures and political influence:
insideclimatenews.org/news/0809202...

The Energy Sector Has Spent Hundreds of Millions of Dollars on Lobbying This Year. Watchdogs Say That’s Only Half The Story - Inside Climate News

Critics say the Trump administration’s willingness to greenlight any of the fossil fuel industry’s requests allows it to spend less on lobbying.

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