NC News

The 2023 legislative session was damaging to North Carolina’s environment and natural resources, fair elections, and equity and inclusion. Our lobbyist, Laura DeVivo, recaps some of the major issues and outcomes.

After half a century of water policy progress spurred by the Clean Water Act, a recent Supreme Court decision (Sackett v. EPA) stripped away protections for over half of the 290 million acres of wetlands in the United States. This October, on the...

The WNC Group of the N.C. Sierra Club has recently revived its Kids’ Adventure Club after a pandemic-driven hiatus. The club is part of the Sierra Club's “Inspiring Connections Outdoors” program for young people from underserved communities. The...

State regulators are still at work on permits that direct how factory-scale animal farms must handle the waste from their animals. Speak up now to demand strong environmental safeguards for people who live near these farms, and for all of us who...

The Sierra Club released a groundbreaking report and research tool today highlighting Duke Energy’s continued failures to invest in clean energy. The Dirty Truth Report grades utilities based on its plans to retire coal plants, stop building new...

Gov. Roy Cooper today vetoed H600, the Regulatory Reform Act of 2023, which would benefit polluting entities at the expense of North Carolina’s water quality and vulnerable communities. Specifically, HB600 would have rubber-stamped the Mountain...

The newly passed NC state budget includes a minefield of threats to the environment and all who live in it, and undercuts our democratic processes. Read the response from State Director Cynthia Satterfield.

A swelling grassroots effort is pushing NC's congressional delegation to back the Great Craggy Mountains as our state's first National Scenic Area. NC Chapter executive committee member Drew Ball tells us about the work and where it stands.

A new report by the Sierra Club’s Fossil-Free Finance campaign reveals that major global banks are propping up deadly coal plants across the US - including those run by Duke Energy - by financing the parent companies that own them. This financing...

The N.C. Utilities Commission approved an “Affordability Settlement” between the Sierra Club, Duke Energy Progress (DEP) and Duke Energy Carolinas (DEC), which resolves low-income affordability issues in rate cases filed by DEP and DEC. As part...