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The official North Carolina emergency drought plan has the beauty of simplicity, if not feasibility. If the faucets in Durham, Raleigh or any city in North Carolina start to spit out non-potable water, this is what we'll do: Buy bottled water.
By Cat Warren | 30 Jan 2008

A more likely—and costly—scenario is pumping recycled water to University Lake, vigorously treating it, and then using it for drinking water.
By Lisa Sorg | 30 Jan 2008

"If we want to be a leader, if we want to be a 'green city,' which we fall well short of being, we'd better start to walk the walk as well as talk the talk," says councilman Thomas Crowder.
By Bob Geary | 30 Jan 2008

For the North Carolina state legislature to consider in 2008
30 Jan 2008

...a report from the city planning department revealing that the number of teardowns since 2002 has zoomed past 600.
By Bob Geary | 26 Dec 2007

...almost a year after the change went into effect, not a single doctor in the state has used the new program to report farmworker sickness.
By Mosi Secret | 19 Dec 2007

11 former Bulls named in steroid investigation
By Matt Saldańa | 19 Dec 2007

The Kyoto Protocol began the race to halt global warming. On its 10th anniversary, why are we barely past the starting gate?
By Bill McKibben | 5 Dec 2007

NASA scientist calls for 10-year moratorium on coal-fired power plants
By Lisa Sorg | 5 Dec 2007

American notables discuss what we've accomplished and what's next
By Sena Christian | 5 Dec 2007

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