97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck (filling in for Andrew Stuckey) welcomes reporter Lisa Sorg of Inside Climate News North Carolina. Her latest piece focuses on the residents of Durham’s McDougald Terrace housing community, who’ve been plagued by a creek that was contaminated by a chemical dump; Durham officials have petitioned state and federal regulators for assistance, but have gotten little response so far.

Click here to read Lisa Sorg’s piece on McDougald Terrace.

Each Thursday “News on the Hill” centers conversations around climate and sustainability for our Climate Thursday segment. We visit with community leaders, policy makers, and experts in the fields of climate science and sustainability in order to put all of the latest climate news into local context. Find past Climate Thursday conversations here.

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