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Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania Have Worst Toxic Air Pollution from Power Plants
Residents of Kentucky, Ohio and Pennsylvania are exposed to more toxic air pollution from coal-fired power plants than in any other state, according to a new analysis by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), released Thursday. ...
Half of North Carolina Concealed Carry Permit Holders With Felony Convictions Keep Their Permit
North Carolina is one of the few states in the country with public records of who has a permit to carry a concealed firearm, so it provides a rare window into how such permits are handled once their holder’s criminal record proves them unfit to carry a hidden gun. The results are not pretty: More [...]
Top 10 States Ravaged by Extreme Weather in 2011
By many measures, 2011 was the most extreme weather year for the United States since reliable record-keeping began in the 19th century -- and the costs have been enormous. According to the National Oceanic and Atm...
North Carolina Wrestles With Legacy of Forced Sterilizations
From the 1930s until the 1970s, authorities in North Carolina carried out a program that would be unthinkable in this country today: They pushed thousands of people to be sterilized. As The New York Times reports, social workers were given the power to pick the candidates for state sterilization. The social workers typically targeted uneducated [...]
