Environment News in Raleigh

Peter Eichenberger Thursday, August 21, 2008

Environment

Boylan Heights gets Dusted

Residents of Boylan Heights, the neighborhood adjoining the site of the new Central Prison Regional Medical Center and Mental Hospital, are being dusted by the airborne residual from the demolition of old buildings and site grading that is being conducted in preparation of construction. North Carolina Department of Correction and the contractor Balfour and Beatty have filed to implement standard practices to mitigate so-called fugitive dust, usually accomplished by simply watering the material being worked. They are avoiding the effort and attendant costs by letting the dust blow onto their neighbors, much as a litterbug would toss cigarette butts out the window of a car.

“They’re supposed to water the site. That’s the law in every state,” said a construction worker who did not want to be identified. “I haven’t seen watering truck one. You see trucks carrying fuel to the dinosaur track hoes, but I haven’t seen a single water truck.”
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Nicole Thursday, July 03, 2008

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Recycle your CFLs in Raleigh

Raleigh’s Waste Reduction Specialist, Linda Leighton, announced today that residents can now recycle compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) in Raleigh. Until now CFLs had to be taken to one of Wake County’s Household Hazardous Waste Facilities, the North Wake facility open the first Saturday of each month and the South Wake facility open the third Saturday of each month.

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Mark Wednesday, June 25, 2008

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SAS Solar Farm

Our local 500 pound software gorilla is building a five acre, one megawatt photovoltaic solar farm. More..

Tim Friday, June 13, 2008

Environment

Beware Falls Lake

We all know Friday the 13th is a bad day for skinny dipping in the lake, but in Raleigh, Jason is the least of worries. More…

Tim Thursday, June 12, 2008

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North Carolina Wildfire Smokes Out Raleigh

A haze, and subsequent stench, have descended on Raleigh as western shifting winds continue to bring smoke from the largest active wildfire on American soil to the Triangle and beyond. More below the fold…

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