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In Charlotte, Harris announces $20 billion in funding for climate, clean energy
Vice President Kamala Harris, shown here at an event in June, 2023, traveled to Charlotte on Thursday to announce $20 billion in climate and clean energy funding. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)Vice...
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‘Valuable and largely overlooked:’ Interest in virtual power plants grows
Sal Miranda (right) and Tony Chang install solar panels on the rooftop of a household on Oct. 19, 2023, in Pomona, California. Grid operators, utilities, state regulators and lawmakers across the...
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Climate scientists: Hurricane season could be rough, including in North Carolina
Hurricane Florence inundated hundreds of homes in Jacksonville in 2018. (File photo: Lisa Sorg)There is a 56% probability that a hurricane will come within 50 miles of the North Carolina coast this...
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EPA to formally regulate PFAS in drinking water for the first time
The Environmental Protection Agency has established drinking water standards for six types of toxic substances known as PFAS. (Photo: Getty Images)The EPA has established the first-ever federal...
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300 water systems in NC, including mobile home parks, exceed new PFAS standards
EPA Administrator Michael Regan (Photo: Lisa Sorg)More than 300 water systems in North Carolina, including a six daycare centers and dozens of mobile home parks, exceed the EPA’s new drinking water...
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‘Panicked rush to gas’ could hike energy costs, report warns regulators
Duke Energy and other utilities, particularly in the South, are pushing to add new natural gas plants like this Florida facility. (Photo by Glen Richard/iStock Images Getty Images)The nation’s largest...
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Piedmont Lithium receives preliminary state mining permit, but production...
This map shows the location of the proposed 1,500-acre Piedmont Lithium mine. (Map: Piedmont Lithium mining permit application)State regulators have approved an application for the controversial...
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PFAS found beneath Tarheel Army Missile Plant, military failed to tell DEQ
In the 1950s and 1960s, nearly 4,000 people worked at the plant in Burlington, developing surface-to-air missile technology, crucial during the Cold War. (Photo: Western Electric and City of Burlington...
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Polluters must pay to clean up areas contaminated with PFOA, PFOS
EPA Administrator Michael Regan (Photo: Lisa Sorg)Industries that discharge toxic PFOA and PFOS compounds into the environment will now be held legally and financially responsible for the...
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Monday numbers: Earth Day 2024 and the environmental challenges posed by...
The global plague of plastic pollution is one of the issues that is being emphasized for Earth Day 2024 -- Photo: Getty ImagesToday in the 55th Earth Day – an annual commemoration that was, amazingly...
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Duke Energy feeling the heat as public hearings continue this week on carbon...
Duke Energy plans to cease the use of coal in its energy mix by 2035. (Image: AdobeStock)While monthly average carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere reached a record high of 425.4 parts per...
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NC meets goal for zero-emissions vehicle registrations, falls short on energy...
Electric car charging station (Getty Images)In the time it takes to bake a potato in an oven — about an hour — the state of North Carolina spends $40,000 on energy costs for all of its 4,400 buildings....
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New EPA rules will force fossil fuel power plants to cut pollution
New EPA rules will force fossil fuel power plants to cut pollutionThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday released a sweeping set of rules aimed at cutting air, water and land pollution...
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After complaint filed with HUD, owners of heirs’ property prevail in dispute...
Seventy-four hurricane survivors are now eligible for homeowner recovery funds, according to a settlement between Legal Aid and ReBuild NC. (File photo: Lisa Sorg)ReBuild NC erroneously disqualified 74...
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Durham temporarily closing playgrounds in five parks to test further for lead
Soil testing for lead in five Durham parks was conducted last summer. This site is at East Durham Park, 2500 E. Main St., near an apartment complex. (Photo: Lisa Sorg)Durham Parks and Recreation is...
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Coastal Resources Commission, state geologist agree Jockey’s Ridge is Area of...
The sand dunes at Jockey's Ridge State Park in Dare County are 80 to 100 feet tall. (Photo: State Parks)In an effort to address objections from the commission that last year nulled 30 state rules,...
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New bill would grant regulatory power over crypto mining to three North...
Image: Adobe StockA new bill in the North Carolina legislature would allow Henderson, Polk, and Rutherford Counties to prohibit or regulate crypto mining. Republican Sen. Tim Moffit, who represents the...
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Legislature intervenes in Jockey’s Ridge controversy, would provide interim...
The sand dunes at Jockey's Ridge State Park in Dare County are 80 to 100 feet tall. (Photo: State Parks)Jockey’s Ridge State Park, embroiled in a dispute between the Coastal Resources Commission and...
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Fayetteville would receive $50m to remove PFAS from drinking water under new...
Employees of the Fayetteville Public Works Commission test the drinking water at the source and as it heads to customers' homes. (Photo: FPWC)The Fayetteville Public Works Commission, whose drinking...
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DEQ: Stay out of Swift Creek in Craven County because of hog waste spill
DEQ is advising people to stay out Swift Creek from Honolulu Road to Highway 118 west of Vanceboro.(Map: DEQ, annotation Lisa Sorg)The state Department of Environmental Quality is advising the public...
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