Check out the recent media coverage of sustainability-related programs and practices at UNC:
Atlantic states keep wary eye on spill
USA Today
Communities as far north as North Carolina are preparing to deal with potential oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill as it drifts into an ocean current that could take it around Florida and up the Atlantic coast. ...Harvey Seim, a marine sciences professor at the University of North Carolina, said federal officials may be underestimating the risk. He said a recent scientific study showed that water from the mouth of the Mississippi River often reaches South Carolina waters "in reasonably undiluted form" because of the Loop Current. "That shows that water from that area gets to our region," Seim said.
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CRC hears report on North Carolina's offshore energy options
The Star News (Wilmington)
It's rare that a chunk of a legislative report is found to be outdated - by the authors, no less - even before it's handed over to the General Assembly. But members of a special commission looking into options for energy production off the North Carolina coast find themselves in that position. ...And the 24-member group spent substantial time looking into offshore wind production, with a University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill report finding several areas where it's probably feasible and economically viable.
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