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NC reporter @insideclimate Geeks out on haz waste, water & air pollution, energy, weather. Loves ants not the fiery kind Signal: 919-536-2341 Threads @lisarsorg

[Phil McKenna @mckennapr]

My latest; Preliminary death toll estimates mount as wildfire smoke chokes cities in the Midwest and Eastern U.S. https://t.co/y9Pe3ViYMD

[Cory Vaillancourt @The_CoryV]

You saw the video — now, read the whole story.

https://t.co/4p6bH4XCkN

[Bryan Anderson @BryanRAnderson]

The recreation center is a public building and the event was operating during public hours. #ncpol

[lisasorg @lisasorg]

@nckhui 20-oz ribeyes: these employees should probably have their cholesterol checked

[Brian Gordon @skyoutbriout]

Websites presenting as local news outlets are using AI to create fake North Carolina journalists:

https://t.co/pdChIE1UxP

[lisasorg @lisasorg]

@donaldbryson @CarolinaJournal When I worked at NC Policy Watch, now NC Newsline, we could not get credentials of any kind. I was once forced to leave the press section at a committee hearing even though a lobbyist for the Farm Bureau was standing next to me

[lisasorg @lisasorg]

Among the many questionable expenses from the NC Auditor's findings about the Town of Cary

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@jilltowers Yep, I was displeased. Took 5 guesses and then rolled my eyes

[lisasorg @lisasorg]

I’ve managed to grow 1 tomato in my garden. This will be my sole vegetable intake for the rest of the summer. And yes I know that botanically it’s a fruit

[lisasorg @lisasorg]

On I-885 just sitting. Gone 5.7 mi in 39 min. Wreck + civil engineering fail

[lisasorg @lisasorg]

that should be "consolidated" suit not a class action. Sorry!

[lisasorg @lisasorg]

Chemours just settled a class action suit of 2600 plaintiffs re PFAS contaminated drinking water wells, soil, etc from Fayetteville Works. Trial was to start in fed ct this morning
Stand by for details

[lisasorg @lisasorg]

There were more than 2,600 plaintiffs all from NC who had sued Chemours and DuPont. Details of settlement not yet released https://t.co/qUl1QqJDbN

[Travis Fain @TravisFain]

Damn @WhatleyNC. There’s a difference between backing the Blue and calling them immediately because someone might ask you a question you don’t like.

[lisasorg @lisasorg]

Shipping haz waste thru downtown Zebulon to a warehouse w/o a permit. Spilled petroleum products. Open barrels of sludge.
Lauren Dalban & I wrote about the chronic haz waste violations at Braven Environmental, now closed & 1/4 mile from East Wake Academy
https://t.co/WS5IslK7ko

[Dylan Baddour @DylanBaddour]

The Inside Climate News podcast is live! https://t.co/Uux1515MpM

[Charles Paullin @CPaullinVA]

Tangier Island in Chesapeake Bay is about a 50 min boat ride west of the Delmarva Penninsula.

About 250 people live on it. They all may need to leave by 2065 as a result of waters rising from climate change. 1/

https://t.co/iQUJUpPDET

[Martha Pskowski @psskow]

Estancia, New Mexico is trucking in water because its well is running dry. The town of 1,300 also sells water to an ICE detention center that can hold up to 800 people.

[lisasorg @lisasorg]

@TimBuckleyWX Just drive this stretch last week and pretty sure it shook some of my fillings loose

[lisasorg @lisasorg]

@RL_Bynum Always watched the Game of the Week, and my Dad regularly fixed popcorn on the stove