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Raleigh, app company team up for energy-saving contest
The City of Raleigh has teamed up with a mobile software application company to create a city-wide energy-saving contest.
Updated May 3 | Read Story
Nine Ways to Reuse Paper Coffee Cups
As a New Yorker, the one piece of garbage that I am most likely to acquire and then throw into an overstuffed landfill is a paper coffee cup, with its ubiquitous plastic lid. In the four blocks between my subway stop and the office where I work, there are five coffee shops and two coffee carts. New
Posted April 27 | Read Story
NC recycling more, tossing less in landfills
For the second straight year, North Carolina has set a record for the lowest solid waste disposal rate since measurement of tonnage deposited in landfills began in 1991, officials said Thursday.
- DENR recycling report
Posted April 25 | Read Story | 11 comments
House panel turns out light on effort to end renewable energy subsidies
Updated April 25 | Read Blog Post | 18 comments
Six Cool Uses for Soda Cans
Posted April 18 | Read Story

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Drought Watch

More rain needed to help bust the drought
The recent rainfall isn’t a drought-buster, but it will help, a National Weather Service hydrologist said Monday.
Drought revives water-use restrictions
Worsening drought conditions have municipalities across central North Carolina considering tightening restrictions on water use. Seventy-four counties are experiencing severe or moderate drought.
Durham eyes tougher water restrictions
Officials said Friday that Durham could implement water restrictions within two weeks if the Triangle doesn't see significant rainfall before then.
Drought is hurting farmers
The dry weather is affecting crops across the state. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, 30 counties are currently experiencing drought conditions, including three northeastern counties, where severe drought has emerged.