Tag: North Carolina
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Lenders Say Fracking Presents a Mortgage Risk
Landowners who sign away mineral leases may be ineligible for mortgages, presenting a real financial risk long before any drilling starts.
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Walk [Your City] Campaign Lets City Dwellers Encourage Walking with Guerrilla Wayfinding Signs
After a successful pilot project in Raleigh, one man is bringing his unauthorized signs to other cities.
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One Man's Guerrilla Campaign Makes a City More Walkable
Matt Tomasulo went around Raleigh, NC posting wayfinding signs to encourage residents to walk instead of drive.
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In Push for Smart Grid, a New Silicon Valley Emerges in North Carolina
Observers have long hyped the role that internet pioneers will play in revamping our electric grid. But Silicon Valley is not the only place to watch.
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Apple's New Data Center Touts Massive 20MW Solar Array & Biogas Fuel Cell
Details emerge of Apples massive investment in clean energy at an NC data center.
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Greenpeace Protests Coal & Mountaintop Removal Atop 400 Ft Power Plant
The green activist group's stunt seeks to draw attention to the devastation wrought by coal.
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How a Village Became a Hub for Resilience and Rock & Roll
From a "five star gas station" to a leading music venue, some old cotton mills in rural North Carolina are becoming a hub of a new economy.
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Local T-Shirts, Organic Cotton and Serious Renewable Energy: Q&A with Eric Henry of TS Designs
From organic cotton to 100% local teeshirts, TS Designs has some of the most sustainable practices in the industry. Join us to discuss sustainability, peak oil and resilient business.
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A Farmer Preserves Heirloom Corn, Molasses and Mountain Moonshine Too (Video)
Heirloom corn and sorghum molasses provide a window to our past in the hands of a small family farmer. So does a slightly stronger, more illicit drink.
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North Carolina Finds Excess Toxic Metals In Water Near Coal Plants
State regulators have found boron, arsenic, selenium and other toxic metals near 14 power plants, all in excess of state health standards.
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A Native American Community Fights Poverty Through Farming
Poor diet, economic exclusion and drugs are not just confined to the city. And neither is the idea that sustainable farming can offer a better path forward.
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Local T-Shirts Made from Local Cotton, Now Includes Organic Too
Experts said you couldn't grow organic cotton in NC. But one initiative, which is already recreating a completely local supply chain for its t-shirts, set out to prove them wrong.
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Urban Agriculture As Economic Stimulus: Help Grow a People-Funded Farm (Video)
Community farming is not altruistic do-gooding. This NC collective argues it's about rethinking our entire food system.
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Duke Energy Renewables Buys 3 Major NC Solar Projects
North Carolina is not known for leading in renewable energy. But Duke Energy just invested in 3 significant solar projects.
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International Airport Building Huge Worm Composting Facility
Worm composting is not just for gardeners anymore. Charlotte/Douglas Airport in NC is adding a 2-ton-a-day worm composter to its recycling center.
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Man Single-Handedly Saves a Species of Snail
Magnificent ramshorn snails aren't one of those high-profile endangered species that the conservationists community love to rally behind -- so thank goodness there are folks like Andy Wood.
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Apple to Install Solar Farm at iCloud Data Center
Apple has begun work on a large solar farm next to an iCloud data center. Nobody knows how large. But this is a very good sign...
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How I Created a Tool Library in Under Two Hours
When I say "I", I mean "we". And when I say "tool library", really I mean lending network. But the core lesson still stands. Sharing is really easy, and often all it takes is broaching the
