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Areas sometimes included when referencing the Appalachian region. Northern section is generally not included. Environmental issues in Appalachia, a cultural region in the Eastern United States, include long term and ongoing environmental impact from human activity, and specific incidents of environmental harm such as environmental disasters related to mining.
The Western North Carolina mountains as seen from Sunset Rock in Highlands, North Carolina. The mountains of North Carolina may be conveniently classed as four separate chains: The Great Smoky Mountains – also called the "Smokies". The Blue Ridge Mountains – North Carolina's largest mountain range, the Blue Ridge run across the state in a ...
The Cape Fear River is a 191.08-mile-long (307.51 km) [5] blackwater river in east-central North Carolina. It flows into the Atlantic Ocean near Cape Fear, from which it takes its name. The river is formed at the confluence of the Haw River and the Deep River (North Carolina) in the town of Moncure, North Carolina.
Pittsboro said samples contain levels of 1,4-dioxane below EPA advisory levels, but the town will continue providing reverse osmosis-treated water. Levels of chemical fall in Pittsboro water, City ...
As the summer season gets underway, a new report finds that many coastal U.S. waterways, including popular beaches for swimming, are contaminated with unsafe levels of fecal bacteria.
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This is a list of Superfund sites in North Carolina designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. . The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations
The rain and subsequent flooding from Hurricane Florence drenched hog farms and power plants, threatening the safety of local drinking water.