https://bolincreek.org/blog Protecting Our Bolin Creek Watershed Tue, 17 Sep 2024 15:42:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://bolincreek.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/cropped-FOBCLogo_Icon-32x32.png https://bolincreek.org/blog 32 32 https://bolincreek.org/blog/2024/09/17/urgent-september-18th-public-hearing-chapel-hills-brownfields-plan-to-build-on-coal-ash-dump/ https://bolincreek.org/blog/2024/09/17/urgent-september-18th-public-hearing-chapel-hills-brownfields-plan-to-build-on-coal-ash-dump/#respond Tue, 17 Sep 2024 15:42:54 +0000 https://bolincreek.org/blog/?p=5642   We won the battle against housing on the coal ash dump. But in the current plan, the Town is asking permission to leave all the coal ash dump perched just above the public greenway with minimal protective measures while constructing an office building and parking deck on top of the coal ash.  We believe […]

The post Urgent: September 18th Public Hearing–Chapel Hill’s Brownfields Plan to Build on Coal Ash Dump first appeared on Friends of Bolin Creek.]]> https://bolincreek.org/blog/2024/09/17/urgent-september-18th-public-hearing-chapel-hills-brownfields-plan-to-build-on-coal-ash-dump/feed/ 0 https://bolincreek.org/blog/2024/07/29/comment-period-on-coal-ash-development-plan-ends-tuesday-july-30th/ https://bolincreek.org/blog/2024/07/29/comment-period-on-coal-ash-development-plan-ends-tuesday-july-30th/#comments Mon, 29 Jul 2024 13:08:01 +0000 https://bolincreek.org/blog/?p=5637 Chapel Hill proposes building a government services complex on the coal ash pile at 828 MLK Jr. Blvd. with minimal protective measures. We find the present agreement does not protect public health and the environment for the following reasons. The NC Dept of the Environment is taking comments on the plan until cob Tuesday, July […]

The post Comment period on coal ash development plan ends Tuesday, July 30th first appeared on Friends of Bolin Creek.]]> https://bolincreek.org/blog/2024/07/29/comment-period-on-coal-ash-development-plan-ends-tuesday-july-30th/feed/ 1 https://bolincreek.org/blog/2024/07/21/friends-of-bolin-creek-voice-concerns-with-development-plans-for-coal-ash-site/ https://bolincreek.org/blog/2024/07/21/friends-of-bolin-creek-voice-concerns-with-development-plans-for-coal-ash-site/#comments Sun, 21 Jul 2024 15:11:39 +0000 https://bolincreek.org/blog/?p=5612 Chapel Hill proposes building a government services complex on the coal ash pile with minimal protective measures. We find the present agreement does not protect public health and the environment for the following reasons. The NC Dept of the Environment is taking comments on the plan until cob Tuesday, July 30 (not Wednesday, July 31, […]

The post Friends of Bolin Creek Voices Concerns with Development Plans for Coal Ash Site. first appeared on Friends of Bolin Creek.]]> https://bolincreek.org/blog/2024/07/21/friends-of-bolin-creek-voice-concerns-with-development-plans-for-coal-ash-site/feed/ 1 https://bolincreek.org/blog/2024/01/12/coal-ash-is-more-toxic-than-previously-understood/ https://bolincreek.org/blog/2024/01/12/coal-ash-is-more-toxic-than-previously-understood/#respond Fri, 12 Jan 2024 18:27:08 +0000 https://bolincreek.org/blog/?p=5480 The new EPA report about the toxicity of coal ash has caught the attention of the Chapel Hill Town Council, as well as Friends of Bolin Creek who first raised the alarm and asked for a cleanup of the coal ash dump in a petition to the Chapel Hill Town Council in 2014.  Adam Searing, […]

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