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Dan River power plant, Duke Energy, Helicopter coal ash flyover. Photo credit: Sanjay Suchak.

Duke Energy Confirms Pollution of Groundwater, Stability Problems at Unlined Coal Ash Pits Across North Carolina

November 14, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

Duke Energy is polluting groundwater, damaging wetlands, and storing coal ash in unstable areas at unlined, leaking sites in North and South Carolina, according to its own recent filings required by the US federal Coal […]

A river icing on a small unnamed river that drains into Galbraith Lake, Alaska, which is in the Atigun River basin and was a major base camp location for the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline connecting the Arctic Ocean to Valdez, Alaska. The people in this photo are researchers and students associated with Toolik Field Station. Credit: Jay Zarnetske.

Arctic River Ice Deposits Rapidly Disappearing

April 19, 2017 Kay Whatley

Changes Could Impact Wildlife That Depends on Arctic Rivers By Nanci Bompey (American Geophysical Union), Valerie Osowski (Michigan State University), and Emily Williams (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) Climate change is causing thick ice deposits that form […]

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The Strange-ness: Mountainside Ten Commandments

July 7, 2016

Deep in the Blue Ridge Mountains lies the town of Murphy NC. The mountains near Murphy are home to a 200-acre Bible-themed park and its giant Ten Commandments representation. Visitors are invited to walk up Burger Mountain past five-foot letters […]

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UFO Sightings by US State: January 2020

February 9, 2020

By Kay Whatley, Editor Across the United States each year, thousands of unidentified flying object (UFO) sightings are reported. UFO reports cover close encounters of various types, range from blinking lights in the sky to […]

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The Strange-ness: US Government Decides Not To Build Death Star

January 18, 2013

By Kay Whatley, Editor Did you know that any American can start a petition for change? On petitions.whitehouse.gov, you can sign or start petitions for the issues you’d like to see the government address. Any petition reaching 100,000 […]