Environment

Third Tier Fertilizer Maker Must Not Be Allowed To Rebuild In Winston!

Crime, Environment, Winston-Salem / By C.P. Tew

“We are not a compliance office. It’s unenforceable. We have no means to enforce that here in the city or county. We certainly ask that business and industry does that.”

-August Vernon, Emergency Management Director, reminds us that in the third world country of the United States of America, a corporation can sto… More

In Winston, Coal Ash Waste Is Closer Than You Might Think

Environment / By C.P. Tew

Earlier this week, NC Policy Watch reported that “coal ash from a structural fill site entered an unnamed stream after a sinkhole formed in Mooresville.” Mooresville has at least 14 such sites. There are coal ash structural fill sites throughout the state. Winston has one such site at 2000 Lowery Street, the site of the J… More