Rural Western North Carolina Community Protests ‘Covert’ Plans for EV Battery Plant

Published on May 5, 2024

A group of residents in western North Carolina are protesting their county board’s lack of transparency over furtive moves to welcome an electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturing the residents believe would pollute their waters and ruin their scenic countryside. In October 2023, the North Carolina state legislature allocated $35.8 million to Burke Development Inc. for the purchase of a 1,400-acre property on which to build an industrial megasite in Burke and McDowell counties. Though the all-Republican board of Burke County Commissioners has made no official decision on approving an EV battery plant to be built within the megasite, Alan Wood, the CEO of Burke Development, alluded to the site’s potential for such a project, according to a local media report....

Continue reading on website
Other news

7 Wounded in Long Beach Shooting

May 5, 2024
LONG BEACH, Calif.—Seven people were wounded when shots were fired in the parking lot of a Long Beach nightclub, authorities said May 5.The shooting occurred about 11:15 p.m. Saturday in the area of South Street and Paramount Boulevard, according to Long Beach Police Department spokeswoman Alexis Lauro.Four of the victims were in critical condition and three had non-life-threatening injuries, Ms.

Full Access Should Have Been Revoked for Winnipeg Lab Scientists After Red Flags: Former CSIS Chief Fadden

May 5, 2024
The former head of Canada’s intelligence agency says the Winnipeg lab scientists who were eventually fired for undisclosed ties to the Chinese regime should not have been allowed continued full access to Canada’s highest-security lab after they were flagged for security concerns.“Their unfettered access to until almost the very end was too long,” Mr. Fadden, former head of the Canadian Security In