I rarely say this but ... tomorrow's Enviro Mgmt Commission mtg could be *exciting* b/c of a big dustup over slow-walking proposed #PFAS rules, at NC Chamber 's behest ncnewsline.com/2024/05/07/at-… NC Newsline N.C. DEQ #ncpol

BARKING NEWS and BREAKING NEWS

The Red Wolf Recovery Program recently announced the birth of a wild litter of red wolf pups!

3-day harvest of cicada shells. Time to get a tub

Ask me about my preventative laser iridotomy.

Dan Bishop said the 2020 election was stolen. Now he's running for state attorney general, an office w immense power in safeguarding North Carolina’s “election integrity” — and in determining its future on voting rights ncnewsline.com/2024/05/03/dan… NC Newsline Kel Lyons #ncpol

Lawsuit is cooking in Person County over the Dominion LNG plant & 'arbitrary and capricious' rezoning that is clearing the way for it to happen ncnewsline.com/2024/05/02/per… NC Newsline Caroline Hansley

Just in time, another $76m comes to #NC to replace lead service lines.
The original $87m allocation from the Bipartisan Infra Law is nearly exhausted from loans/grants to utilities to find/replace/inventory the lines ncnewsline.com/2024/05/02/nor… N.C. DEQ U.S. EPA NC Newsline #ncpol

Attn: #Raleigh urban foragers: The mulberry trees at Hargett and Boylan are loaded with ripe fruit (NW and NE side of the intersection).
Also Morgan, just east of Irregardless Cafe.
Delish ....

I wish the news helicopters would stop hovering so I can hear the cicadas

Valuable tip sheet for journalists. But, I've come to learn through Kristoffer Tigue's reporting that dams and hydroelectric power are not without carbon emissions. insideclimatenews.org/news/15052023/…

I would love to regale y'all w more photos of cicada shells, but first I must inform you that parts of Swift Creek in Craven County are full of hog sh*t, & you should avoid the water ncnewsline.com/briefs/deq-sta… NC Newsline N.C. DEQ Sound Rivers

What’s for lunch? A bowl of cicada shells.

Ratepayers to Duke Energy: Talk to the hand. The revised carbon plan had exactly 0 fans at last night's Utils Commission hearing ncnewsline.com/2024/05/01/rat… @ncnewsline #ncpol

“No booing, hissing, singing or snapping your fingers.” NC Utilities Commissioner Floyd McKissick Jr advises the crowd. NC Newsline

“this hearing is a farce. You’re in cahoots with Duke Energy! #durham Sheriff escorted Bobby Jones from the Duke Energy carbon plan hearing before the #NC Utils Commission . NC Newsline

Interesting tidbit: State Sen. Danny Britt says the Lumbee tribe is looking at a property close to the coast as a potential site for a casino. #ncpol #ncgov #lumbee borderbelt.org/gambling-immig…

The onslaught of bill filing has begun, this one to give Fayetteville $50m to remove #PFAS from drinking water; utility has consistently high levels b/c of polluted Cape Fear River & Glenville Lake ncnewsline.com/briefs/fayette… NC Newsline @faypwc #ncpol #ncga

Greatest fears as a child:
1) Monsters
2) Quicksand
3) UFOs

Greatest fear as an adult:
1) Prion disease

If you're new to the Jockey's Ridge saga, here's part of a NC Newsline investigation showing that a nonprofit asked the state to lease part of the park for free for 99 years to build a (questionable) museum & to keep the terms a secret. ncnewsline.com/briefs/behind-… #ncga #ncpol

Jockey's Ridge would be protected from development, at least temporarily, as #ncga intervenes in dispute between two warring state commissions ncnewsline.com/briefs/legisla… NC Newsline N.C. DEQ #ncpol