Two N.C. cities pick contrasting strategies when pressed to reduce environmental harm.
Burlington and Asheboro are less than 50 miles apart. But when it comes to addressing the pollution each has caused in the downstream drinking water on their respective rivers, the Haw and Deep rivers, the two cities couldn’t be more different.
One worked through embarrassment and denial to try to fix the problem, contributing to groundbreaking science. The other is fighting tooth-and-nail in court against environmental groups…