The NC Court of Appeals will consider whether the state’s third-largest city charged illegal water and sewer impact fees before 2018. Two home building companies challenging Greensboro’s fees submitted written arguments Wednesday at North Carolina’s second-highest court.
South Florida cities are joining the battle over the 3M Company’s role in creating “forever chemicals” that have found their way into water systems, soil and groundwater. Lawsuits filed in May by Coral Springs and Pompano Beach against 3M and a long list of affiliates were recently transferred to federal court. They seek to force the companies to clean up contaminated properties where .
Center for Biological Diversity: WASHINGTON More than 170 social justice, environmental, faith, health and labor groups urged key policymakers today to implement lifesaving bans on utility disconnections, ramp up renewable energy and resilient water systems, and phase out fossil fuels the root cause of this summer’s extreme heat. The groups say President Biden’s Thursday announcement of limited measures to help communities survive deadly, record-shattering heat ignores the urgent short- and long-term solutions needed to address the climate emergency.