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Trump attack on state climate laws likely doomed, but attempts to yank funds...
A Union Pacific train transports coal through Spanish Fork Canyon in Utah County, Utah. on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. President Donald Trump signed an order on April 8, 2025, aimed at boosting coal...
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Few were insured against Helene’s floods. Those that were faced delays,...
Depot Street in Asheville flooded during Hurricane Helene. Among those storefronts damaged was Ashewell Medical Group, Dr. Carly Brown's primary care clinic. (Photo: Courtesy of Carly Brown)Just a...
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North Carolina will get $25M in latest round of USDA disaster aid
Flooding in western North Carolina from Hurricane Helene. (Photo: David Davis, County Extension Director, N.C. Cooperative Extension)North Carolina farmers are set to receive $25 million in aid from...
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Months after Helene, some western NC businesses reopen — with new debt and...
Second Gear, an outdoor gear shop in Asheville, North Carolina. The store's previous building on the riverfront was destroyed during Hurricane Helene. (Photo: Courtesy of Russ Towers/Second Gear)After...
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Massive cuts to a HUD office would slow disaster aid to hard-hit NC communities
Flood debris piles left in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in Bat Cave, North Carolina. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit,...
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U.S. House Dems say NOAA cuts will harm weather forecasting, fisheries, Navy...
A NOAA NO-XP radar antenna prior to operations in VORTEX 2 in Norman, Oklahoma, on Oct. 5, 2010. (Photo credit NOAA)Democrats on the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee and a panel of experts on...
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Trump signs orders targeting revival of ‘beautiful, clean coal’
A group of coal miners watch as President Donald Trump speaks at the White House shortly before signing executive orders on the coal industry on April 8, 2025. (White House livestream)President Donald...
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As demand for AI rises, so do power thirsty data centers
A complex of data centers in Ashburn, Va. (Photo by Gerville/Getty Images)This is the first of two States Newsroom stories examining the implications of the growing need for electricity largely from...
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Trump attack on state climate laws likely doomed, but attempts to yank funds...
A Union Pacific train transports coal through Spanish Fork Canyon in Utah County, Utah. on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. President Donald Trump signed an order on April 8, 2025, aimed at boosting coal...
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Massive cuts to a HUD office would slow disaster aid to hard-hit NC communities
Flood debris piles left in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in Bat Cave, North Carolina. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit,...
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U.S. House Dems say NOAA cuts will harm weather forecasting, fisheries, Navy...
A NOAA NO-XP radar antenna prior to operations in VORTEX 2 in Norman, Oklahoma, on Oct. 5, 2010. (Photo credit NOAA)Democrats on the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee and a panel of experts on...
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North Carolina signs contract with Musk’s SpaceX to buy Starlink products,...
Elon Musk (Photo: Getty Images/Kevin Dietsch)North Carolina has inked a deal with SpaceX, Elon Musk’s aerospace technology company, to boost internet coverage and infrastructure. A spokesperson for the...
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‘Quality work, fast’: NC gears up for homebuilding after Helene, trying to...
A storm-damaged home in western North Carolina. (Photo: North Carolina Department of Commerce HUD CDBG-DR Helene recovery Action Plan)As she briefed contractors about their upcoming bids to rebuild...
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North Carolina signs contract with Musk’s SpaceX to buy Starlink products,...
Elon Musk (Photo: Getty Images/Kevin Dietsch)North Carolina has inked a deal with SpaceX, Elon Musk’s aerospace technology company, to boost internet coverage and infrastructure. A spokesperson for the...
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NC Farm Bureau asks state Supreme Court to strike environmental protections...
A hog CAFO in eastern North Carolina. (Photo: Rick Dove)This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the...
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What would a Great Dismal Swamp National Heritage Area look like?
The Great Dismal Swamp is home to one of Virginia’s highest concentrations of black bears, according to the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (Photo courtesy of Rob Wood and the U.S. Fish and...
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Trump signs orders targeting revival of ‘beautiful, clean coal’
A group of coal miners watch as President Donald Trump speaks at the White House shortly before signing executive orders on the coal industry on April 8, 2025. (White House livestream)President Donald...
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As demand for AI rises, so do power thirsty data centers
A complex of data centers in Ashburn, Va. (Photo by Gerville/Getty Images)This is the first of two States Newsroom stories examining the implications of the growing need for electricity largely from...
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Trump attack on state climate laws likely doomed, but attempts to yank funds...
A Union Pacific train transports coal through Spanish Fork Canyon in Utah County, Utah. on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. President Donald Trump signed an order on April 8, 2025, aimed at boosting coal...
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FEMA will stop matching 100% of Helene recovery money in North Carolina
Hurricane Helene is estimated to have caused $9.8 billion in damage to western NC's transportation infrastructure. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images) FEMA has denied North Carolina’s request to...
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