NC News

In response to a lawsuit from a coalition of conservation groups including the Sierra Club, the U.S. Forest Service has announced that it is scrapping plans to log an important area of North Carolina’s Nantahala National Forest near the Whitewater...

This week on Jones Street started with the promised release of a House budget - and the expected standoff between legislative leaders. The House and Senate have been meeting cooperatively and behind closed doors on budget priorities since early...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to halt for this year its plans to turn Lake Mattamuskeet into a testing ground for a chemical that is toxic to birds, thanks to a lawsuit filed by the Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of the...

Community members and environmental experts warned that their well-being and the environment will be placed at long-running risk by Duke Energy's plan to build the first of two proposed methane gas plants on Hyco Lake. They spoke at two public...

The state budget fine-tuning that's usually well underway at this time of year has hit a snag. But important environmental bills are making their way through committee vetting.

The Honorables were back at work this week, holding meetings and votes after taking a week off out of respect for the passing of House Speaker Tim Moore's father. Still, with spotty attendance, no override vote was scheduled for Governor Cooper's...

A team of four scholars from two North Carolina universities have joined the Chapter for the summer to help us bolster wetlands protections in our state as they learn more about the critical ecological and cultural roles these areas play in our...

The legislature largely cancelled its business for the week to allow members to attend the funeral of the father of Speaker Tim Moore. Next week should be a busy one, so get ready!

Regulated monopoly Duke Energy's proposed North Carolina Carbon Plan would violate federal rules governing new gas plants and underinvest in no-regrets, carbon-free, renewable energy resources, a group of clean energy and environmental advocates...

Governor Cooper wasted no time in vetoing H198, DOT Legislative Changes, which included billboard industry-friendly expansion of tree-cutting rules around outdoor advertising. Thank you to all of you who joined us in demanding this veto!