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Thursday was crossover day at the General Assembly, which made this one of the session's most hectic weeks. The Senate approved the Farm Act, decried by one opponent as “lipstick on a pig” - the pig being the antiquated lagoon-and-sprayfield hog...

The N.C. Senate voted Tuesday (May 11) to approve Senate Bill 605, "NC Farm Act of 2021." Section 11 of the bill would require the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to create a general permit for biogas production at North Carolina’s...

This week was the busiest legislative week yet this year with lawmakers voting on hundreds of bills, including some that are helpful and some harmful to our environment. The negatives included a bill that would hamstring local government efforts to...

The NC General Assembly moved at a frenzied pace this week as legislators reviewed and voted on priority bills in advance of crossover and hundreds of new bills were filed. In addition, there was a Senate confirmation hearing for the recently named...

In honor of National Volunteer Appreciation Week and Earth Day, we celebrated a few of the folks who give their time, energy and passion to safeguard our air and water, help people threatened by pollution, cherish our wild places and endangered...

This week at the NC General Assembly, the House seemed to get in the Earth Day spirit by moving forward helpful bills to address plastic waste, update a health standard for lead in water and restore dedicated conservation funding.

College campuses use a lot of energy - some are the equivalent of small towns. So when they take steps to address climate change, such as making a carbon neutrality commitment, it can have a profound impact. What are North Carolina's colleges and...

The N.C. General Assembly took a spring break last week, but there were still many new environmental bills filed, some helpful and others harmful. This week the pace of committees picked up as crossover looms on May 13th.

This was a busy week at the N.C. General Assembly as bill-filing continued and committees approved numerous bills in advance of a spring break next week.

This week, the legislature extended some bill filing deadlines so legislators will have more time to propose new bills. This often happens since the deadlines are self-imposed by legislative leadership. Crossover - the date by which a bill must be...