by Mary Stauble Earlier this summer Clean Air Carolina returned to Kannapolis to participate in this year’s Camp Open Airways. Hosted by the Jeff Gordon Children’s Center (part of Atrium Health), the camp provides fun and educational activities for kids living with...
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by Rachel McIntosh-Kastrinsky If you’ve been outside at all in the past few weeks, you’ve probably noticed that it’s brutally hot out. We are in the midst of a record-breaking heatwave, and just experienced the hottest June on record. We can expect future heatwaves to...
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by Kelby Welsh, Robert Wear, and Emma Frantz Earlier this month we took a field trip to the EPA’s Research Triangle Park campus. It was a hot July day — the kind of day that makes you feel as if your skin is melting, and if you stand outside for too long you’ll be...
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by Emma Frantz While the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates increasingly highlight climate change solutions in their platforms, and President Trump attempts to roll back existing climate and energy policies, Medical Advocates for Healthy Air (MAHA) is standing...
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by Kasantha Moodley and George Wyeth In ways that did not exist even ten years ago, everyday people are acting as scientists: contributing their time and data to make notable discoveries, answer lingering questions, and develop awareness. Motivated by technology...
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by Daniel Parkhurst As you may have seen from our recent posts about the wood pellet industry in North Carolina, Clean Air Carolina is working hard to reduce dangerous emissions from Enviva and other biomass producers. Manufacturing wood pellets releases air...
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by Kelby Welsh, Robert Wear, and Emma Frantz Clean Air Carolina is excited to welcome our 2019 summer interns! Kelby Welsh and Robert Wear are joining us as Environmental Policy Associates, while Emma Frantz joins the Medical Advocates for Healthy Air (MAHA) program...
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by Calvin Cupini Where I grew up in St. Louis, a city in the middle of the country right on the eastern edge of Tornado Alley. My summers were always filled with heavy dangerous storms, power outages, and regular interruptions on television for important weather...
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by Pamela Grundy and Andrew Whelan As part of our ongoing effort to make air pollution visible, Clean Air Carolina has built and maintained dozens of ozone gardens at schools and other venues through our Clean Air for Kids program. Last week, we brought our campaign...
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by Daniel Parkhurst This month Clean Air Carolina, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) and the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP), won a settlement with Enviva Hamlet and the NC Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) that will result in a...
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