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Lisa Sorg

Lisa Sorg

Lisa Sorg covers environmental issues, including social justice, pollution, climate change and energy policy for NC Policy Watch. Before joining the project, Lisa was the editor and an investigative reporter for INDY Week, covering the environment, housing and city government. She has been a journalist for 22 years, working at magazines, daily newspapers, digital media outlets and alternative newsweeklies.

Scientist examining toxic water samples. Getty Images.

EPA proposes new rule to crack down on PFAS, forever chemicals in our water
By: - March 15, 2023

The EPA on Tuesday announced its proposed maximum contaminant levels — MCLs– for six types of toxic PFAS in drinking water and acknowledged that no amount of these compounds is safe. “EPA anticipates if fully implemented the rule will prevent tens of thousands of serious PFAS-attributable illnesses or deaths,” the agency wrote in a slide […]

Tiny micro-plastics huge environmental problem for rivers, ocean, researchers say
By: - April 13, 2022

If the plastic food container that contained your lunch today winds up in a river, a local creek, or the Atlantic Ocean, 60 years from now people could find it, reasonably intact. The rest of the container will have degraded into micro-plastics — teeny particles that are visible only under a microscope. Fish or shrimp […]

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