RALEIGH (AP) North Carolina’s environmental agency says it plans to ask a judge to impose tougher conditions on operations at a chemical plant that has long emitted a little-understood industrial compound. The state Department of Environmental Quality said it plans ...

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RALEIGH (AP) The chemical company under pressure for releasing a little-understood industrial chemical into North Carolina’s air and water says it’s taking all reasonable steps to stop it while planning for the long term. Lawyers for The Chemours Co. said ...

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RALEIGH (AP) North Carolina officials are resolving a formal complaint of environmental racism by promising tougher oversight of industrial swine operations blamed for polluting the air and water. The state Department of Environmental Quality and a coalition of environmental groups ...

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