The Army Corps of Engineers Wants to Dredge the Cape Fear River. Environmentalists Tally the Costs.
On a ferry trip across the Cape Fear, they pass beaches and bird habitats that could be endangered by PFAS deposits. The Trump administration has already proposed rolling back PFAS limits for drinking water from the river.
A Short-Lived Win in a Never-Ending Fight Over Forever Chemicals
For seven years, N.C. activists overcame political and scientific hurdles to convince the EPA to regulate PFAS in drinking water. Now they’re confronting a Trump administration intent on quashing their success.
Robeson County commissioners delay vote again on landfill expansion amid PFAS concerns
The landfill has received more than 5,000 tons of waste from Chemours’ Fayetteville Works plant in the last eight years, according to estimates from the Southern Environmental Law Center.
Price jumps to $134 million to filter PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ from Fayetteville drinking water
Other PFAS news: Contractor picked to run PWC water line to contaminated Gray’s Creek schools; small PFAS filtering system to start operating on Monday
PFAS in groundwater around Fort Bragg remain high as new legislation aims to stop pollution from military bases
A bill in the U.S. Senate would instruct military installations to stop releasing “forever chemicals” into surrounding communities like Spring Lake, where groundwater is contaminated with PFAS from Fort Bragg.
Cumberland County to get $34.6 million to reduce PFAS in drinking water
Money to pay for filtration systems across the county, and extend public water to Gray’s Creek
EPA revokes funding for multiple PFAS research projects
The Environmental Protection Agency canceled a research project that looked at new ways to detect “forever chemicals” in the air surrounding Chemours’ Fayetteville Works Plant, according to research participant and local clean water advocate Mike Watters.
More PFAS Coverage
Bill to make PFAS polluters pay for clean-up moves to NC Senate after passing House
A bill that would make manufacturers of “forever chemicals” pay for the cost of public water systems to filter PFAS pollution is now being considered by the state Senate after passing the N.C. House of Representatives last month.
Report: PWC drinking water meets safety standards
Fayetteville utility will need to cut PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ contamination by 2031
PFAS concerns plague the Robeson County Landfill. But the dump keeps getting bigger
Robeson County commissioners voted to delay a decision on a potential landfill expansion amid concerns about PFAS.
Trump’s EPA rolls back ‘forever chemical’ limits for public drinking water
On Wednesday, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the agency’s plans to scrap the limits for three of the five PFAS chemicals included in the landmark rule: 10 parts per trillion for PFHxS, PFNA and GenX (HFPO-DA)
State water quality regulators delay action on forever chemicals
State environmental officials in charge of coming up with rules to regulate North Carolina’s water supply are continuing to advocate for proposals that would allow industrial polluters to self-regulate the “forever chemicals” they discharge into local waterways.
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