NC News

Duke Energy's new carbon reduction plan is full of missed opportunities - and a nuclear option. The plan, filed on the eve of the first anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act, misses the chance to take advantage of the new incentives for...

North Carolina lawmakers took a break from budget battles to spend Wednesday overriding a variety of Gov. Roy Cooper's vetos of their bills. Other measures of concern to N.C. Sierrans also saw action towards passage. The overrides includes H488,...

Our summer fellows' research shows the "hogwash" inherent in proposals to turn factory farm hog waste into biofuels, and the danger posed by a proposal to offer federal incentives for this fuel.

A coalition of conservation groups including the Sierra Club sent a letter to the U.S. Forest Service signaling their intent to sue unless officials fix  glaring flaws in the Nantahala-Pisgah Forest Plan that put endangered forest bats at risk...

Yesterday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) closed the comment period for the docket following the Mountain Valley Pipeline’s request for a three-year extension to complete the Southgate project that would extend the mainline into...

More public hearings - and a strategy session - are planned as Duke Energy seeks approval for a rate increase that will mean an average 17% hike in North Carolina customers' bills.

We took a cruise on the Cape Fear River in June for an update on the threats posed to Southern forests from the wood pellet industry.

We've long invited summer fellows to help the N.C. Chapter with legislative lobbying, communications, research, and other roles. This year, we're doing something new: All four fellows are working on a single project to elevate CAFOs as a priority...

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has announced 130 awards making up nearly $1.7 billion to fund cleaner transit projects, including zero-emission buses in communities across the country, including in...

The new Pisgah-Nantahala national forests management plan has glaring flaws when it comes to protection of old growth, habitat for endangered species, and other conservation and environmental concerns. We still hope to change it!