Spending significant amounts of time sitting in traffic on a daily commute causes stress and exposes drivers and people who live near congested roadways to toxic emissions. It also robs drivers of time they could spend doing almost anything else – working, visiting...
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Until last spring, every Friday afternoon I feared the beep of my cell phone. By 4 p.m. my husband would text me the question, “What are we doing this weekend?” It was a loaded question. He hoped for an answer that was a choice of a couple’s dinner at a restaurant,...
read moreDare County N.C. officials warned residents over Labor Day weekend that flooding from Hurricane Hermine was going to be more than had been forecast, and to brace for surge, wave run-up, erosion and overwash during high tide. Record flooding by as much as five feet...
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Starting today, support Clean Air Carolina with your purchases at Amazons giving arm, AmazonSmile. AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way for you to support Clean Air Carolina every time you shop, at no cost to you. When you shop at smile.amazon.com, you’ll find...
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The public health impacts of unchecked climate change are severe, and the best ways to address this are to invest in protection that develops resilience, and join with others to advocate for policies that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Medical Advocates for...
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Under a bright blue sky in early August dignitaries mingled with pregnant women and children at the Open House for Novant Health’s Women’s Center in Matthews, NC just outside of Charlotte. It was a celebration complete with food, live music, speeches, and tours of the...
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Just like the whoosh of flames that appear when you fire up a gas grill, power plants, petroleum refineries, and other industrial facilities normally see their emissions spike for short periods of time when they start up and shut down for routine maintenance, or...
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A statewide program, Medical Advocates for Healthy Air has been on the road this summer, with more trips planned this fall. MAHA recently met with enthusiastic members from Mecklenburg and Cabarrus Counties to talk about strategies for engaging new members, and is...
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2016 represents the third anniversary of the Western NC Air and Water Quality Conference. The purpose of the conference was to educate the public, government officials and the private sector on current air and water quality issues important to the Unifour region...
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As teenagers, we understand how important solar energy is to our future. Climate change is an ever-growing threat as excess greenhouse gases from non-renewable energy sources continue to warm the planet and damage ecosystems. So, we were excited about the opportunity...
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