Archive for October, 2009
EPA: NC to Share $200M Energy Grant
RALEIGH, N.C. – A federal agency has announced a $200 million for a new electric system in the Carolinas and Florida. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson made the announcement alongside Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton at a news conference Thursday in Raleigh.
The grant will fund equipment upgrades through Progress Energy.
The Raleigh-based utility will contribute [...]
Passenger Train Returns to Western NC
By Media General News Service
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Several years ago, cities and towns in the foothills and mountains of western North Carolina were anxiously awaiting the return of passenger rail service.
In March 2001, the N.C. Department of Transportation adopted a phased plan to extend passenger rail service to Asheville and western North Carolina. Travelers have [...]
Historic Land: Orchard at Altapass: 1,488 Acres Preserved
By Monte Mitchell
Media General News Service
ALTAPASS – Three thousand people turned off the Blue Ridge Parkway this past weekend to visit the historic Orchard at Altapass, drawn by the valley and ridges covered in burnt orange and red, yellow and green.
Most of what they saw from the orchard and this stretch of parkway [...]
State Has New Publication On Water and Drought
RALEIGH, N.C. – State officials have created a publication to explain how people can protect our state’s water supplies, the relationship between surface and groundwater, and the impact drought has on North Carolina’s most precious natural resource.
The N.C. Division of Water Resources created “The Water Connection” and posted it earlier this month to its Web [...]
Stimulus to Fund NC Solar Project
WASHINGTON, D.C. – North Carolina Congressmen Bob Etheridge (NC-02), David Price (NC-04), and Brad Miller (NC-13) teamed with Senator Kay Hagan today to announce a $3 million grant to North Carolina State University’s Mid-Atlantic Joint Excellence in Solar Training Consortia (MAJESTC) project.
“North Carolina has always been a leader in scientific research, and this investment will [...]
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