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Environmental Regulations In Question

WUNC | By Will Michaels,
Frank Stasio
Published November 5, 2015 at 12:15 PM EST
The small solar array on top of Faith Community Church in Greensboro was installed earlier this year
NC Warn
The small solar array on top of Faith Community Church in Greensboro was installed earlier this year
The small solar array on top of Faith Community Church in Greensboro was installed earlier this year
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NC Warn
The small solar array on top of Faith Community Church in Greensboro was installed earlier this year

State regulators meet this week to decide whether to expedite the implementation of a new law that would change environmental standards.

It includes a cut to the number of air quality monitors in the state and allows companies to avoid fines if they self-report an environmental violation. WUNC environment reporter Dave DeWitt gives us the latest in environmental news

Meanwhile, Duke Energy has filed a complaint against NC WARN, an environmental group, for distributing solar power to a church in Greensboro. Duke Energy says state law prohibits third-party sales.

Host Frank Stasio talks with WUNC environment reporter Dave DeWitt about the latest in environmental news.

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Will Michaels
Will Michaels started his professional radio career at WUNC.
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Frank Stasio
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
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