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A couple of very familiar bills got new names, numbers and vehicles for passage this week as the N.C. General Assembly operated amid the desperate and hurried air of a session drawing to a close.

This week, the N.C. House passed its version of the state budget, notably without including language from S261, the bill that would burden customers with the cost of utility "construction work in progress" (CWIP) and let Duke Energy drop its 2030...

In early May, we hosted a webinar to explain why changes to wetlands protection rules are a big problem for clean water, flood control, wildlife and biodiversity, and much more. Watch it now, and demand that the rule changes be reversed!

It was a quiet week at the General Assembly, but your NC Sierra Club has been busy ramping up our fight against two bills - so far - that aim to undermine our state's progress toward a clean energy future. Add your voice to ours!

It's quiet at the N.C. General Assembly today, a striking change from the past couple of weeks that saw bills zooming through committees and chambers to beat the May 8 crossover deadline.Crossover is the arbitrary day by which most bills must pass...

Midway, N.C., has become the first municipality to pass a resolution against the proposed Southeast Supply Enhancement Project (SSEP) methane gas pipeline. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC — a subsidiary of Williams Companies,...

Today, the Sierra Club unveiled a new interactive tool that shows the environmental toll of the Trump Administration’s planned rollbacks of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) safeguards on coal pollution in North Carolina.The Trump Coal...

Legislators hit the ground running this week as they returned from their Easter break, with the May 8 crossover deadline looming. Some bills we’ve been fighting are facing more opposition, thanks to constituent calls and emails flooding legislators...

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.