Emotions boiled over at a recent public information session on coal ash put on by the NC Department of Environmental Quality as they decide whether to force Duke Energy to remove coal ash from its dangerous unlined storage pits. We spoke with reporter Lisa Sorg and NC Sen. Vickie Sawyer (R-Iredell) about the tense event on Lake Norman.

Plus, an interview with William J. Barber, III on the climate justice movement, his work with the Climate Reality Project, and what it's like sitting on the NC Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board.