NC News

Lawmakers were clearing their desks before next week's Easter break. The state budget-writing process launched in the Senate, which unveiled a problematic plan including a back-door attempt to shunt power plant construction costs to ratepayers.

A bill in the Senate seeks to exploit agency turmoil to speed permitting at the expense of North Carolina's waters, and a measure in the House would hamstring farmers who want solar panels on their fields.

As the House scrambles to get all its bills ready for an adjusted filing deadline, we're asking members to oppose S261, a bill that would allow utilities to saddle ratepayers with construction costs of energy projects that may never come online.

The Sierra Club has released a report outlining the impacts of Transco’s proposed Southeast Supply Enhancement Project on NC communities, including low-income and communities of color. It identifies communities along the project's proposed route...

We and our allies have again sued the U.S. Forest Service over its Nantahala-Pisgah Forest Plan, arguing now that the agency violated federal law by downplaying the harmful impacts of a dramatic expansion in logging and by failing to include binding...

Jones Street was frenzied this week as the Senate bill filing deadline came and went. (The House bill filing deadline is next week). Meanwhile, we’re still keeping an eye on S261, Energy Security and Affordability Act, which remained in the House...

Earth Day itself is on Tuesday, April 22, but the party starts right away and lasts all month! Find out what our local Groups have planned.

S261 is slowing down in the House, as leaders appear to want more information about its claims and effects. Meanwhile, disputes over the Helene relief bill were laid to rest, while other bills seek to cut plastic waste.

One month into the real work of the 2025 General Assembly, and the tension between the chambers is exposed over a bill that would help hurricane-stricken WNC. Also, we take issue with a bill that aims to ease Duke Energy's carbon-reduction...

A bill co-sponsored by NC Congresswoman Foushee, Impact Act 2.0, aims to strengthen competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing.