Environment
Central Prison Leaking Fuel into Rocky Branch Creek
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Officials believe an underground spill first discovered in 1999 is leaking diesel fuel into a creek running by Central Prison.
Fracking
Section 1 — Potential Oil and Gas resources
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Blogging our way through the DENR fracking study.
Environment
Some Question Reliability of State’s $100K Fracking Study
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Experts question the state’s ability to properly gauge environmental impact of fracking with only a $100,000 budget and recommend further evaluation.
Environment
A Review of Raleigh’s Superfund Sites
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The federal Superfund helps state environmental officials cope with environmental contamination. The program has dealt with everything from sulfuric acid spills to a university laboratory-waste dump.
County Government
County Eliminates Open Space Contribution
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Wake County commissioners vote to remove the open space residential development contribution from the development code.
City Council
Raleigh’s Water Conundrum: Conservation v. Rates
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Raleigh is in a moderate drought, but a task force says: don’t push water conservation. Raleigh, like many other cities, faces tough choices when it comes to water. Water is paid by user fees. So when people conserve, the utility, which has its own budget, loses revenue.
News
Fire stations going green with stimulus funding
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The city of Raleigh received federal stimulus funding to install rainwater harvesting systems at nine fire stations in Raleigh, and two other locations in the county.
City Council
March 3 hearings on dog tethering and bike plan
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The Raleigh City council will hold public hearings during its March 3 evening session on a proposed animal tethering ordinance and a new comprehensive bike plan.
