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Today, it was announced that President-elect Joe Biden intends to nominate Michael Regan to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). For the past four years, Regan has led the North Carolina Department of Environment Quality. Regan assumed...

At the beginning of 2020, no one expected that a pandemic would cause worldwide disruption and division. But as our acting state director wrote in May, “Near isolation forced by COVID-19 has laid bare our core values and we have needed nature more...

With new leadership in the White House and re-election of a governor who has made clean energy a priority, will North Carolina pick up speed toward becoming the Green Roads State? Let's check the road map!

What will a Biden presidency mean for North Carolina’s clean energy future? What sectors are likely to see gains? The picture looks bright, particularly in the area of offshore wind, due to the combination of a second term for Gov. Roy Cooper and...

A resolution to transition to clean energy is a good first step for Winston-Salem's city council, which now must follow up that pledge with an action plan. The resolution passed unanimously on Monday, Nov. 16, by the City Council advocates for 50...

An increasing number of communities in North Carolina and across the country are pledging themselves to adopt clean energy goals over the coming years. What policies are helping them move toward these targets, and what can North Carolina's...

Nearly 20 years ago, North Carolina's biggest cities found themselves near the top of a category no civic booster would want to claim: dirtiest air in the nation. The N.C. Sierra Club played a pivotal role in urging state lawmakers to address the...

More than two dozen North Carolina local governments have pledged to transition to 100 percent renewable energy in the coming years. One easy way to do that is by switching over their fleets to electric vehicles. Recently, the N.C. Sierra Club...

Gov. Roy Cooper headlines a roster of North Carolina candidates who won election or re-election this year with the endorsement of the N.C. Chapter of the Sierra Club. "Sierra Club's endorsement and the support that they provided was critical to my...

Did you know that more than half the vehicles on the road in the United States belong to businesses? That's a big - and influential - piece of the transportation sector. And its influence is being felt as some corporate leaders are calling for a...