Lisa Sorg
@lisasorg.bsky.social
NC reporter, Inside Climate News. Native Hoosier, fan of lichens, ants, rivers. Ardent upcycler. Lost the state spelling bee on the word “gauche.” Signal: 919-536-2341
Charlotte, your air is in big trouble, as in up to 940 tons of trouble @wfae.bsky.social
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N.C. Regulators Say Trump’s Proposed Repeal of the Endangerment Finding Would Increase ‘Criteria’ Air Pollutants - Inside Climate News
There was a time when the air pollution in Charlotte, North Carolina, was so bad that the 871-foot Bank of America Corporate Center, the city’s tallest building, topped by an ornate metal crown, wore ...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Charlotte, your air is in big trouble, as in up to 940 tons of trouble @wfae.bsky.social
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Traffic is so bad that I left Durham at 330 to get to Rocky Mount by 530. By 445 had not even made it to Wendell. Got off US 64 to go back to Durham and I’m still in Wake County after 2 hrs 44 minutes on the road
November 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Traffic is so bad that I left Durham at 330 to get to Rocky Mount by 530. By 445 had not even made it to Wendell. Got off US 64 to go back to Durham and I’m still in Wake County after 2 hrs 44 minutes on the road
At my parents’ house and my mom has switched from Faux News/Newsmax to some YouTube show about Megan Markle. She’s obsessed w dissecting and judging Megan Markle.
November 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
At my parents’ house and my mom has switched from Faux News/Newsmax to some YouTube show about Megan Markle. She’s obsessed w dissecting and judging Megan Markle.
I’m helping care for my mom in Indiana, and Fox/Newsmax is always on. Certainly has provided insight into how some people become brainwashed. Its an alternate universe that I can’t comprehend
November 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I’m helping care for my mom in Indiana, and Fox/Newsmax is always on. Certainly has provided insight into how some people become brainwashed. Its an alternate universe that I can’t comprehend
The waste and mismanagement at ReBuild NC was so profligate, ran so deep that the state auditor couldn’t even sort it all out. Meanwhile hurricane survivors suffered for years
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N.C. Office of Recovery and Resiliency So Poorly Managed That State Auditor Couldn’t Determine Full Extent of Waste - Inside Climate News
The story of the North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency’s disaster response efforts was itself ”a disaster.” That’s what State Auditor Dave Boliek, a Republican, concluded in a scathing 506...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The waste and mismanagement at ReBuild NC was so profligate, ran so deep that the state auditor couldn’t even sort it all out. Meanwhile hurricane survivors suffered for years
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Asheboro has discharged a likely carcinogen 1,4-dioxane at levels of 651 ppb into the drinking water supply. That's 18,000+ times the EPA's health advisory goal. Yet NC's Enviro Mgmt Commission refuses to regulate it in surface water
November 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Asheboro has discharged a likely carcinogen 1,4-dioxane at levels of 651 ppb into the drinking water supply. That's 18,000+ times the EPA's health advisory goal. Yet NC's Enviro Mgmt Commission refuses to regulate it in surface water
It appears the new Enviro Mgmt Commissioner, scientist Ilona Jaspers, is not going to abide mansplaining from her colleagues. She's challenging a lot of their statements
November 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
It appears the new Enviro Mgmt Commissioner, scientist Ilona Jaspers, is not going to abide mansplaining from her colleagues. She's challenging a lot of their statements
Today’s estate sale find: 2 bottles of crude oil from the 1970s, 1 from Abu Dhabi
November 8, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Today’s estate sale find: 2 bottles of crude oil from the 1970s, 1 from Abu Dhabi
NC Supremes side w Big Ag over permit provisions that would have required groundwater monitoring for CAFOs in 100-yr floodplain, phosphorus loss, annual reporting insideclimatenews.org/news/0711202...
N.C. Supreme Court Says State Regulators Erred on CAFO Permits - Inside Climate News
The ruling, a win for concentrated animal feeding operations, has raised concerns among environmentalists about groundwater and soil pollution from waste lagoons and spray systems that use manure as f...
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November 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
NC Supremes side w Big Ag over permit provisions that would have required groundwater monitoring for CAFOs in 100-yr floodplain, phosphorus loss, annual reporting insideclimatenews.org/news/0711202...
Great way to track how the Trump adm is faring in court on enviro issues. So far: 6 wins, 5 losses & 3 more a mixed ruling. This chart is regularly updated so stay tuned as the courts steer the future of the planet @mlavelle.bsky.social @peteraldhous.com
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Trump 2.0 Environmental Case Scorecard - Inside Climate News
Tracking federal lawsuits on climate and environmental actions and policies in which the Trump administration is a party.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Great way to track how the Trump adm is faring in court on enviro issues. So far: 6 wins, 5 losses & 3 more a mixed ruling. This chart is regularly updated so stay tuned as the courts steer the future of the planet @mlavelle.bsky.social @peteraldhous.com
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A grieving mother blames son’s death on shoddy building maintenance ncnewsline.com/2025/11/03/a... Story by @gchildress.bsky.social #ncpol #housing
A grieving mother blames son's death on shoddy building maintenance • NC Newsline
A mother is grieving the loss of her son after a laundry room door malfunctioned at Ashton Place in Durham.
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November 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM
A grieving mother blames son’s death on shoddy building maintenance ncnewsline.com/2025/11/03/a... Story by @gchildress.bsky.social #ncpol #housing
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A company with connections to the cryptocurrency industry is considering drilling for natural gas near the Deep River north of Sanford in Lee County. ncnewsline.com/2025/11/04/a... Story by @lisasorg.bsky.social/ @insideclimatenews.org #ncpol
A company eyes what would be North Carolina’s first commercial natural gas well • NC Newsline
A company with connections to the cryptocurrency industry is considering drilling for natural gas near the Deep River north of Sanford in Lee County, North Carolina.
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November 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
A company with connections to the cryptocurrency industry is considering drilling for natural gas near the Deep River north of Sanford in Lee County. ncnewsline.com/2025/11/04/a... Story by @lisasorg.bsky.social/ @insideclimatenews.org #ncpol
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A company with connections to the cryptocurrency industry is considering drilling for natural gas near the Deep River north of Sanford in Lee County, North Carolina.
A Company Eyes What Would Be North Carolina’s First Commercial Natural Gas Well - Inside Climate News
Deep River Data, with ties to cryptocurrency, says it would use the extracted gas to power a data center for “AI workloads,” not crypto mines.
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November 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
A company with connections to the cryptocurrency industry is considering drilling for natural gas near the Deep River north of Sanford in Lee County, North Carolina.
For the past several days I've been helping to care for my mom in Indiana. (She broke her femur when her rambunctious dogs bowled her over) Now playing: Fox News on TV, barking dogs, & some kinda woo-woo shit on her iPad about "healing benefits" of structured water.
They broke out this for my visit
They broke out this for my visit
November 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
For the past several days I've been helping to care for my mom in Indiana. (She broke her femur when her rambunctious dogs bowled her over) Now playing: Fox News on TV, barking dogs, & some kinda woo-woo shit on her iPad about "healing benefits" of structured water.
They broke out this for my visit
They broke out this for my visit
Deep River Data wants to drill natural gas well near Sanford to power a data center. All company officials work in crypto, its main adviser used to work for Pat McCrory & is advocating for pro-crypto laws at legislature. But they say this won't be a cryptomine insideclimatenews.org/news/0111202...
A Company Eyes What Would Be North Carolina’s First Commercial Natural Gas Well - Inside Climate News
Deep River Data, with ties to cryptocurrency, says it would use the extracted gas to power a data center for “AI workloads,” not crypto mines.
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November 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Deep River Data wants to drill natural gas well near Sanford to power a data center. All company officials work in crypto, its main adviser used to work for Pat McCrory & is advocating for pro-crypto laws at legislature. But they say this won't be a cryptomine insideclimatenews.org/news/0111202...
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On the cover of the December @theatlantic.com, I lay out some nightmare scenarios for the 2026 election. But you don't need hypotheticals to grasp what it might be like: Just look at North Carolina. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/... #ncpol
North Carolina Is the Canary in the Election Coal Mine
Americans don’t have to imagine what attempts to subvert an election could look like, because it’s already happening in one state.
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October 31, 2025 at 1:41 AM
On the cover of the December @theatlantic.com, I lay out some nightmare scenarios for the 2026 election. But you don't need hypotheticals to grasp what it might be like: Just look at North Carolina. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/... #ncpol
Some day archeologists and oceanographers will find dozens of stoves & refrigerators on the seabed and wonder how we lived there. By my colleague @kileyprice.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/2810202...
In the Outer Banks, A Growing Number of Homes Are Getting Swallowed by the Sea - Inside Climate News
As more homes collapse into the sea, local governments and homeowners are at a crossroads.
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October 29, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Some day archeologists and oceanographers will find dozens of stoves & refrigerators on the seabed and wonder how we lived there. By my colleague @kileyprice.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/2810202...
Asheboro pours a toxic chemical into the drinking water supply, does not play well with others & seems to have the municipal version of oppositional defiance disorder insideclimatenews.org/news/2710202...
Asheboro, North Carolina, Is Under Pressure to Control Discharges of a Toxic Chemical Into Drinking Water Supply - Inside Climate News
The EPA wants the city of 28,000 to rein in an industrial solvent, 1,4-Dioxane, from its wastewater discharges. So far, Asheboro has refused.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Asheboro pours a toxic chemical into the drinking water supply, does not play well with others & seems to have the municipal version of oppositional defiance disorder insideclimatenews.org/news/2710202...
"The toxicity of politics in DC clouds the optimism more than it does at the state level." Former EPA administrator Michael Regan is speaking pretty frankly about certain aspects of his tenure in the Biden administration and how it compared to his time at DEQ
October 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
"The toxicity of politics in DC clouds the optimism more than it does at the state level." Former EPA administrator Michael Regan is speaking pretty frankly about certain aspects of his tenure in the Biden administration and how it compared to his time at DEQ
"These actions by Asheboro are despicable."
Folks at @usepa.bsky.social public hearing are beyond p*ssed about the city's discharge of 1,4-Dioxane, a likely carcinogen, into the drinking water supply.
Folks at @usepa.bsky.social public hearing are beyond p*ssed about the city's discharge of 1,4-Dioxane, a likely carcinogen, into the drinking water supply.
October 22, 2025 at 11:16 PM
"These actions by Asheboro are despicable."
Folks at @usepa.bsky.social public hearing are beyond p*ssed about the city's discharge of 1,4-Dioxane, a likely carcinogen, into the drinking water supply.
Folks at @usepa.bsky.social public hearing are beyond p*ssed about the city's discharge of 1,4-Dioxane, a likely carcinogen, into the drinking water supply.
Occupancy 68, plus or minus 47
October 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Occupancy 68, plus or minus 47
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The Trump administration just skirted normal channels for hiring directors of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences—during a hiring freeze—to appoint a scientist who calls JD Vance one of his “closest friends.”
Close Friend of JD Vance Skirts Normal Channels to Take Over NIH Environmental Health Institute - Inside Climate News
Despite a federal hiring freeze, the Trump administration just appointed a scientist who calls Vance one of his “closest friends” to head the nation’s key environmental health research arm.
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October 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The Trump administration just skirted normal channels for hiring directors of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences—during a hiring freeze—to appoint a scientist who calls JD Vance one of his “closest friends.”
Someone just approached me at the Alamance County rest stop and said, “excuse me ma’am but you look like my aunt and she’s been dead 30 years.”
Presumably while her aunt was alive and not in her current state
Presumably while her aunt was alive and not in her current state
October 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Someone just approached me at the Alamance County rest stop and said, “excuse me ma’am but you look like my aunt and she’s been dead 30 years.”
Presumably while her aunt was alive and not in her current state
Presumably while her aunt was alive and not in her current state
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Environmentalists are concerned about pollinating species in the pivotal desert borderland as a federally funded U.S.-Mexico border wall continues to expand.
The US-Mexico Border Wall May Pose Perils to Pollinators - Inside Climate News
Environmentalists worry about pollinating species in the pivotal desert borderland as more tall barriers are planned by the U.S. government to curb migration and trafficking.
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October 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Environmentalists are concerned about pollinating species in the pivotal desert borderland as a federally funded U.S.-Mexico border wall continues to expand.
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A Short-Lived Win in a Never-Ending Fight Over Forever Chemicals ncnewsline.com/2025/10/13/a... #ncpol #PFAS @lisasorg.bsky.social @insideclimatenews.org
A Short-Lived Win in a Never-Ending Fight Over Forever Chemicals • NC Newsline
For seven years N.C. activists overcame political and scientific hurdles to convince the EPA to enact PFAS regulations in drinking water. Now they’re confronting a Trump administration intent on quash...
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October 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
A Short-Lived Win in a Never-Ending Fight Over Forever Chemicals ncnewsline.com/2025/10/13/a... #ncpol #PFAS @lisasorg.bsky.social @insideclimatenews.org