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Gov. Roy Cooper sends EPA a letter about GenX import

[WECT] North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) calling on them to reverse its decision permitting the import of millions of pounds of waste material containing GenX to the Chemours facility in North Carolina. The claimed purpose of this import is for recycling to produce fluoropolymers for us in semiconductor and electric vehicle product, but the environmental impact remains uncertain. While Chemours defends the practice, emphasizing recycling and emissions control, the governor argues that it's unacceptable for North Carolinians to bear the risks associated with importing GenX waste. The EPA maintains that the import complies with federal and state regulations, citing consent orders and emission controls at the facility.

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We learned about the importing of GenX from the Netherlands from NC Newsline.

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UPDATE: EPA pauses approval for Chemours to import foreign GenX waste to NC

State of emergency in western NC as wildfires burn hundreds of acres

[WRAL] A 431-acre blaze has already claimed two homes and other structures in Henderson County, North Carolina–prompting a state of emergency declaration. An additional 75 structures are under threat, while firefighting efforts are concentrated on structure protection and establishing fire lines. A separate fire in Cherokee County has expanded to over 2,100 acres but is not posing an immediate threat to structures. The North Carolina Forest Service has imposed a burn ban in 14 western counties to mitigate the risk of rapid fire spread due to ongoing dry conditions.

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UPDATE: Burn ban issued for 16 additional counties in Western North Carolina due to hazardous forest fire conditions. Due to increased fire risk, the N.C. Forest Service has issued a ban on all open burning and has canceled all burning permits for Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Caldwell, Catawba, Haywood, Iredell, Lincoln, Madison, Mecklenburg, Mitchell, Watauga, Wilkes and Yancey counties effective 5 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 8, until further notice.

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2023 Battleship Half Marathon taking place this Sunday–will bring traffic downtown on Sunday Morning

The 25th annual Battleship Half Marathon, 10K & 5K will take place on Sunday, Nov. 12, from 7am to 11am and bring approximately 2,200 participants to the downtown Wilmington area.

The half marathon course begins on Water Street in front of the Alton Lennon Federal Building and heads north to the Isabel Holmes Bridge, south on US 421 toward and across the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, then around Greenfield Lake, and ends back at Water Street.

Primary impact: 7AM-10AM on Sunday downtown:

• 3rd St. at Cape Fear Mem. Bridge

• 3rd St. and Greenfield St.

• Front St., Water St.

• Greenfield Lake Park

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Surf Forecast

THU AM: flat - CHOPPY | PM: 0-1 ft - FAIR
FRI AM: 0-1 ft - CLEAN | PM: 0-1 ft - CHOPPY
SAT AM: 2-3 ft - FAIR | PM: 2-3+ ft - CHOPPY

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Weather Forecast

THU 09 Partly Cloudy | 82°/61° | PREC 6% | SW 13 mph
FRI 10 Mostly Cloudy | 75°/53° | PREC 8% | ENE 9 mph
SAT 11 AM Showers | 63°/51° | PREC 33% | NNE 14 mph

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Tide Forecast

THU NOV 9

• Low Tide at 12:35 AM, 0.43 ft

• High Tide at 6:30 AM, 4.24 ft

• Low Tide at 12:55 PM, 0.51 ft

• High Tide at 6:45 PM, 4.21 ft

FRI NOV 10

• Low Tide at 1:18 AM, 0.34 ft

• High Tide at 7:17 AM, 4.42 ft

• Low Tide at 1:45 PM, 0.44 ft

• High Tide at 7:28 PM, 4.22 ft

SAT NOV 11

• Low Tide at 1:59 AM, 0.28 ft

• High Tide at 7:59 AM, 4.58 ft

• Low Tide at 2:33 PM, 0.39 ft

• High Tide at 8:08 PM, 4.20 ft

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