Environment

Officials in Brunswick County say one man's trash could be hurting the environment. Attorneys for Brunswick County are in a battle with one property owner, trying to get him to clean the mess in his yard by the end of the month. Phillip Rivers lives off a remote road in Winnabow. He's owned his seven acres of land for 20 years and says it's not until recently that the county started pressuring him to clean up the junk in his yard. Full story...

A new report says three coal-fired power plants in North Carolina are on an environmental group's national list of the 50 facilities blamed for the highest emissions of carbon dioxide. Full story...

Local scientists are working to let the public know just how important barrier islands are. Without barrier islands like Bald Head Island we'd get hit even harder than we already do by hurricanes. Full story...

Each year, the state accepts applications from North Carolina college students competing for paid summer internships with state agencies. Hundreds applied and 98 placements were awarded. One young woman got a position at Fort Fisher that starts daily at dawn. Full story...

Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards wants to help train 150,000 American workers each year in what he calls "green collar" jobs. Full story...

It's a dirty job but someone has to do it. Wilmington's manual ditching crew gets their hands -- and often entire body -- dirty to make sure the storm drainage system doesn't back up and cause you problems. Full story...

The Environmental Protection Agency is trying to determine if cancer-causing radioactive material is still buried near a Camp Lejeune rifle range. Full story...

People all over the world this weekend attended tuned in and logged on for the Live Earth concert series that promoted going green. So what can you do to make your home environmentally friendly? Full story...

A gas leak forced an evacuation in downtown Wilmington Thursday. Contract crews cleaning sewer lines on Front Street between Ann and Dock pierced the gas pipe. Full story...

Could big machines that soak up carbon dioxide be part of the solution to global warming? One company thinks its giant vacuum system can help remove greenhouse gases out of the air. Full story...

After being left with massive amounts of trash on the beach last July Fourth holiday Wrightsville Beach is cracking down on litterbugs. Wrightsville Beach resident Drew Peterson said, "Last year was a mess all over the beach but that's what you get when you get a hundred thousand tourists in a small area." Full story...

North Carolina is making headway toward more biofuel production. The Port of Wilmington could soon be home to a new biodiesel plant. The new plant would put out 30 million gallons of biodiesel every year. Full story...

Ben Poulter of the Department of Global Change and Natural Systems at the Potsdam Institute in Germany says coastal North Carolina has been identified as one of the United States' most vulnerable regions to climate change. Full story...

Tuesday the City of Wilmington celebrated the official completion of something that is hoped will help the water quality on Hewlett's Creek. Full story...

Progress Energy says people living near the Brunswick Nuclear Plant are not in danger after discovering a potentially toxic chemical near the plant. Full story...