Environment News in Raleigh

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

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...

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...

As Raleigh recovers from the closing of The Downtown Event Center, where will experimental bands play?  It looks like Slim’s and Double Down have had shows recently that are on par to what the DEC has attempted to bring in.  There were a few shows that the DEC had booked before it closed.  One was A Rooster for the Masses, which has been canceled.  The other was the massively influential drone rock band Earth.  Canceling this show was not an option with integrity.

Burt’s Bees, along with the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, is sponsoring a Planet Earth Celebration this Saturday in Downtown Raleigh, as part of Earth Day Raleigh 2008.  Find out more...