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NC needs to build on environmental policy accomplishments in 2025
The author says that it's imperative for North Carolina to build on recent environmental policy successes like the expansion of clean energy in 2025. (Photo: Robert Zullo/ States Newsroom)Working...
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NC’s new governor signs five executive orders to expedite Helene recovery
Gov. Josh Stein signed five executive orders Thursday to speed recovery in Helene impacted counties. (Photo courtesy of the Governor's Office.) In his first full day on the job Thursday, North Carolina...
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Biden to ban future offshore drilling across more than 600 million acres
Cleanup workers search for contaminated sand and seaweed in front of drilling platforms and container ships about one week after an oil spill from an offshore oil platform on Oct. 9, 2021, in...
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North Carolina’s climate activists brace for Trump’s return
Sherri White-Williamson of Clinton, in Sampson County, co-founded EJCAN, which advocates for environmental justice in low-income neighborhoods and communities of color where pollution sources are...
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New team in governor’s office will spearhead Helene recovery, led by ex-Wake...
Flooding in western North Carolina from Hurricane Helene. (Photo: David Davis, County Extension Director, N.C. Cooperative Extension)A new team within Gov. Josh Stein’s office will be tasked with...
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Western North Carolina to receive $1.65B in federal disaster grants
Gov. Josh Stein (right) inspects a trailer on visit to western North Carolina. (Photo courtesy of the governor's office.)Western North Carolina received good news Tuesday in its struggle to recover...
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Democrats say U.S. Senate Republicans rushing confirmation of Interior...
Gov. Doug Burgum, at the time the governor of North Dakota and now President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of the Interior, presents his budget recommendations before a joint session of the...
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California infernos in January? Why wildfire season keeps getting longer and...
A person uses a garden hose in an effort to save a neighboring home from catching fire during the Eaton Fire on Jan. 8, 2025 in Altadena, California. As of Wednesday, over 1,000 structures have burned,...
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U.S. House speaker pitches conditions on disaster aid, upending long-standing...
A person uses a garden hose in an effort to save a neighboring home from catching fire during the Eaton Fire on Jan. 8, 2025, in Altadena, California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)WASHINGTON —...
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To reduce its carbon footprint, UNC could burn pellets composed of paper and...
A view of the cogeneration plant operated by the University of North Carolina, located a half-mile from the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. (Photo: Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News)This report was first published...
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California fires show states’ ‘last resort’ insurance plans could be overwhelmed
The Palisades Fire destroyed thousands of homes in Los Angeles as high winds stoked wildfires throughout the city. Many private insurers recently dropped coverage in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood,...
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Gov. Josh Stein calls on FEMA to extend hotel vouchers for Helene victims in...
An aerial view of people standing near destroyed and damaged buildings in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene flooding on Oct. 8, 2024 in Bat Cave, North Carolina. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)Gov....
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Trump orders withdrawal from Paris climate agreement, erases actions on...
President Donald Trump holds up an executive order after signing it during an indoor inauguration parade at the Capital One Arena on Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty...
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GOP congressional leaders and Trump stalled on how best to pass big policy...
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and wife Melania Trump arrive at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 8, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., walks in back of them. (Photo by...
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Trump puts DEI staff on paid leave, guts environmental justice offices across...
President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — All federal employees in...
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In times of crisis, states have few tools to fight misinformation
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, tours the downtown business district of Pacific Palisades as the Los Angeles fires still rage. Newsom launched a website to combat rampant misinformation about...
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Trump executive orders cause concern for North Carolina environmental community
An aerial view of flood damage wrought by Hurricane Helene along the Swannanoa River on Oct. 4, 2024 in Asheville. Environmental advocates are worried that President Donald Trump's recent executive...
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Trump floats ‘getting rid’ of FEMA as he visits North Carolina to survey...
President Donald Trump discusses Helene recovery during a visit to Western North Carolina on January 24, 2025. (Photo credit: CSPAN)President Donald Trump floated “getting rid” of the Federal Emergency...
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Get rid of FEMA? Trump-appointed group to look at shifting disaster response...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, right, tours the downtown business district of Pacific Palisades as the Palisades Fire continued to burn on Jan. 8, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Eric...
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Trump freeze on federal aid may ensnare billions in funding to North Carolina
Gov. Josh Stein (center) discusses Hurricane Helene recovery during visit to Asheville. HUD Secretary Adrianne Todman (left) and Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer (right) and other officials look on. A...
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