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‘Cartoonish:’ Pushback on Everglades detention center extends to ‘Alligator...
Screenshot of AI-generated image posted on the official White House X account on July 1, 2025, promoting the “Alligator Alcatraz” name given to the immigrant detention center in the Everglades.Florida...
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Chantal wreaks havoc in NC as state lawmakers try to repeal an ambitious...
Chantal's floodwaters left significant damage to Camp Easter Rd. and N.C. 2 in Southern Pines, NC on July 8, 2025. (Photo courtesy of NCDOT)This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a...
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Federal disaster aid is uncertain for states even as Texas floods underscore...
Floodwaters left debris, including vehicles and equipment, scattered in Louise Hays Park on July 5 in Kerrville, Texas. Emergency managers say Trump’s cuts to the Federal Emergency Management Agency...
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MountainTrue, DEQ partner for river debris cleanup across western North Carolina
Image: https://mountaintrue.org/The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality has partnered with nonprofit conservation organization MountainTrue to focus on cleaning up rivers after Hurricane...
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Before Tropical Depression Chantal swamped Hillsborough, the town had been...
The Eno River runs through west Hillsborough and along the River Walk downtown. (Photo: Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News)This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan...
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Jeff Jackson, 19 other attorneys general sue Trump administration over...
Chantal's floodwaters left significant damage to Camp Easter Rd. and N.C. 2 in Southern Pines, NC on July 8, 2025. (Photo courtesy of NCDOT)North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson joined a...
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AI data centers are using more power. Regular customers are footing the bill
As power-hungry data centers proliferate, states are searching for ways to protect utility customers from the steep costs of upgrading the electrical grid, trying instead to shift the cost to AI-driven...
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After Chantal flooding, Governor Stein surveys damage in Chapel Hill, urges...
Camelot Village resident Shelton Stokes gestures to Governor Josh Stein to show the height of the floodwaters that swept through his community. (Photo: Brandon Kingdollar/NC Newsline)A day after...
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NC counties get $200 million for repairs, renovations on water facilities
(Photo: Getty Images)Local governments across North Carolina are set to receive more than $200 million in loan money to repair and renovate drinking water and wastewater facilities, Gov. Josh Stein’s...
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Jeff Jackson blasts FEMA funding freeze at flooded Hillsborough facility
Attorney General Jeff Jackson and Hillsborough Mayor Mark Bell look out at the Eno River after it was flooded with wastewater. (Photo: Brandon Kingdollar/NC Newsline)Attorney General Jeff Jackson...
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Former EPA officials say Trump proposal will gut agency’s power to curb...
Heavy traffic moves along Interstate-395 on Nov. 22, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has submitted a proposal to scrap a years-old...
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NC lawmakers prepare to try and override Stein vetoes, while activists look...
It's expected that state Republican lawmakers will consider overriding Gov. Josh Stein's vetoes on July 29, 2025. (Photo of NC Legislative Building by Clayton Henkel) North Carolina lawmakers will...
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Should North Carolina create an all-in-one disaster response agency?...
Chantal's floodwaters left significant damage to Camp Easter Rd. and N.C. 2 in Southern Pines, NC on July 8, 2025. (Photo courtesy of NCDOT)Before, during and after a natural disaster hits North...
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Trump’s EPA proposes rollback of basis for climate change rules, sparking Dem...
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, center, announces his agency's plans for deregulation from an Indianapolis trucking facility on Tuesday, July 29, 2025. At left is Indiana Gov. Mike Braun and at right is...
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NC lawmakers, frustrated by slow Helene money, call for urgency on debris...
Top lieutenants of Gov. Josh Stein's administration overseeing Hurricane Helene recovery testify in front of state lawmakers on Thursday, May 22, 2025. (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline)North...
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