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Cassie Gavin writes that the week was hectic but short as state lawmakers raced to pass bills before their "crossover" deadline, the point at which a measure must have passed at least one chamber to remain alive for the biennium. The flurry of...

The N.C. House today passed a measure that would limit local governments’ ability to regulate billboards and put scenic highways at risk, but rejected many of the most egregious provisions in the measure’s original version.

This week was a hectic one at the N.C. General Assembly. With crossover imminent, legislators are rushing to pass bills out of committees and out of one chamber or the other to keep them alive for the biennium. Cassie Gavin reports that a pair of...

The N.C. Senate voted 27-21 today to pass Senate Bill 559, Storm Securitization/Alt. Rates, a bill that would allow Duke Energy to seek permission for up to five years of rate increases in one request to the N.C. Utilities Commission, instead of...

Mecklenburg County once again ranks at the bottom of North Carolina counties when it comes to air quality, according to an annual air quality report from the American Lung Association. The N.C. Sierra Club suggests that promoting electric vehicle...

This week at the NC General Assembly we saw Senate committees move two bills that the Chapter is working against. One would raise registration fees for electric vehicles to the highest in the country and another would allow electric utilities to...

Sierrans are exploring ways to draw on the unique backgrounds of a variety of people - differences in age, gender, ethnic identity, political beliefs and religious faith - to improve our work to protect North Carolina’s environment. Read how the N.C...

This week at the NC General Assembly we saw Senate committees consider bills that attack wind energy, electric and hybrid vehicles and trees, writes Cassie Gavin, the Chapter's senior director for government relations.

After two rounds of public comment and stakeholder input, the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality has released the final version of the swine general permit, which regulates the primitive lagoon and spray system used to manage animal waste at...

This week at the N.C. General Assembly, it was the Senate’s bill-filing deadline so many new environmental bills appeared - some harmful and some positive. In the House, members nearly unanimously passed two good bills to address electric vehicle...