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The good news brought about by the failure of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline cannot be celebrated too long, though, because Duke Energy’s rate case is currently before the North Carolina Utilities Commission. Duke is asking for a rate increase that...

In our monthly series of stories marking the 50th anniversary of the North Carolina Chapter, we look at a very recent success not only for us, but for an alliance of Sierra Club teams and allied groups and communities across three states. We see how...

Michael Regan, Secretary of the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality, has been selected by the Sierra Club as a recipient of its 2020 Distinguished Achievement Award, for his leadership in securing cleanup of coal ash pits in the state. Two...

North Carolina has 27 cities or counties that have passed a 100 percent renewable energy resolution for some future date (2030 or 2050). One important way they can fulfill those resolutions is by changing over their government fleets to electric...

Lately, it may seem that the world is reverberating from one global crisis to another. Climate change was our rallying point a year ago. Then came a pandemic. Now, cities across the globe are roiled by protests against racism. Racism is nothing new...

Gorges State Park is one of North Carolina's most dramatic public spaces, with deep ravines, breathtaking waterfalls and lush, often rare plant life. Also dramatic is the story of how it became part of North Carolina's park system, thanks to the...

The legislature voted today to approve the Farm Act, a bill that includes a giveaway to industrial hog operations that endanger the environment and public health with outdated lagoon-and-sprayfield waste management systems. Senate Bill 315 will...

As it does every year, spring brings beautiful new life to our environment. But this spring is like no other in the lives of most of us. And even as some make tentative, hopeful moves toward a return to pre-pandemic norms, we still have time to...

When the New Hanover County Commission voted without warning to invite a multinational company to build a cement plant on the banks of the Cape Fear River, residents were dismayed - then angry. With support from the N.C. Sierra Club, the community...

Our acting director, Cynthia Satterfield, explains how the COVID-19 pandemic has not only laid bare our core values, it has proven that by staying true to them, we can work locally to tackle the other global threat of climate change.