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Weather Channel offers helpful recommendations for helping Hurricane Ida victims
A shelter at Southern University in Baton Rouge. (Photo by JC Canicosa/Louisiana Illuminator) A residents of the Gulf Coast reel from the devastating impact of Hurricane Ida, the folks at the Weather...
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People of color, low-income residents more likely to be harmed by flooding,...
Black people are 34% more likely to currently live in areas with the highest projected increases in childhood asthma diagnoses (Photo: EPA) Vulnerable communities, particularly low-income and people of...
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From a Clear and Present Danger, to the latest on Leandro, to having your say...
1. Clear and present danger: Former Army missile plant has polluted a Black, Latino neighborhood in Burlington for more than 30 years Military, private owner have allowed toxic contaminants to fester,...
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Waccamaw Siouan tribal members are sick, and they want to know why
The Waccamaw Siouan, one of eight state-recognized Native American tribes in North Carolina, are known as “The People of the Falling Star.” Tribal history says their homeland was formed when a meteor...
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OSHA to ramp up workplace heat checks as global warming progresses
Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images Federal workplace safety regulators say they are taking steps toward protecting workers from heat-related illness. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration on...
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U.S. Senate to vote on GOP-opposed conservation advocate as public lands chief
Tracy Stone-Manning responding to a question during her confirmation in the U.S. Senate (Pool screen capture). The U.S. Senate is set to vote as soon as Thursday on the nomination of Tracy...
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U.S. Senate confirms Stone-Manning as public lands chief, overcoming months...
The U.S. Senate voted along party lines Thursday night to make Tracy Stone-Manning (pictured at left) the first confirmed director of the Bureau of Land Management since the Obama administration. The...
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DEQ fines Chemours $305,000 for exceedances of GenX air emissions
The NC Department of Environmental Quality today announced it has fined Chemours $305,611 in civil penalties for exceeding facility-wide GenX annual air emissions limits at its Fayetteville Works...
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U.S. House plan for new mining royalties draws objections from Western senators
Formerly an open pit copper mine, the toxic Berkeley Pit in Montana is part of the largest Superfund site in the United States. (Photo by Janie Osborne/Getty Images) U.S. senators of both parties at a...
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Council of Churches: Energy bill “compromise” should be rejected
Image: AdobeStock Gov. Roy Cooper is expected to sign House Bill 951 — the “compromise” energy bill approved by the General Assembly last week — this afternoon. One group, however, that makes a strong...
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When finished, Kitty Hawk offshore wind project could power up to 700,000 homes
Video by: Claire Galt Graphics by: Kendal Orrantia Photos by: Elise Mahon Offshore wind — clean renewable energy produced by turbines taking advantage of wind speeds — has recently seen an uptake...
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EPA notifies three NC facilities they could be required to report use of...
Sterigenics, represented by the purple cross on this map, is within one mile of Winget Park Elementary School. (Map: EPA EJ Screening Tool) Three facilities in North Carolina could be required to...
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PFAS-contaminated foam found at Caswell Beach, Oak Island
PFAS-contaminated foam washed ashore near the Ocean Island Fishing Pier this past spring. Although not all foams contain PFAS, state environmental and health officials caution people not to touch the...
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‘Climate change is fundamentally altering the Colorado River’: States, tribes...
A park visitor stands on a rock above the Colorado River as it flows around Horseshoe Bend on June 23, 2021 in Page, Arizona. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) States in the Colorado River Basin...
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Biden’s national parks nominee pledges to ramp up workforce, improve staff...
President Joe Biden’s choice to lead the National Park Service told a U.S. Senate panel Tuesday he would work to rebuild the agency’s workforce, which has shrunk even as park attendance hits new...
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DEQ cites Colonial Pipeline for continuing violations regarding Huntersville...
The NC Department of Environmental Quality has issued a Notice of Continuing Violation to Colonial Pipeline regarding with ongoing contamination from a major gasoline spill in Huntersville. The spill,...
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Wildfire responders urge Congress to improve disaster aid process for at-risk...
Image: AdobeStock WASHINGTON — The federal government should re-examine its emergency response systems to better assist communities at risk from the growing threats of wildfire, state and local...
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What’s in—and out—of Biden’s $1.75 trillion social spending and climate bill
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s sprawling social spending and climate package has been slimmed down into a still-massive $1.75 trillion plan that he and top congressional Democrats are attempting...
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No climate deal yet for Biden as he joins global allies at critical UN...
Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images) President Joe Biden will arrive at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, without new federal programs in hand to fight climate change,...
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Biden to outline major methane reduction strategy at UN climate conference
Plan to be unveiled a day after President calls for ‘decade of action,’ issues apology for Trump exit from Paris accord The Biden administration plans to release a comprehensive methane reduction plan...
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