EPA Administrator Michael Regan announced a first of its kind National Primary Drinking Water Regulation at a press conference in Wilmington on Tuesday. The regulation applies to six PFAS (Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) also known as "forever chemicals" that can be found in drinking water.
More than four months after Gov. Roy Cooper dropped his lawsuit against a group that oversees N.C. government rules, a state commission has filed its own complaint against the same group. The N.C. Environmental Management Commission filed suit Tuesday in Wake County Superior Court against the Rules Review Commission. State legislators appoint all 10 RRC...
Wake County hopes the state’s highest court will take up a dispute involving the county’s scrap metal contract. The county wants to see a lawsuit from a losing contract bidder thrown out.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation unveiled its Clean Transportation Plan Wednesday. They say it will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, advance environmental justice, and create good-paying jobs tied to clean transportation.
North Carolina Secretary of Commerce Machelle Baker Sanders announced Wednesday that the state has entered into an international agreement with Denmark to advance its offshore wind energy production.
The push for electric vehicles in North Carolina and across the country may be the step that broke the “power grid’s back,” according to a new report.
After news last week of layoffs and a restructuring of its North American division, VinFast may have cleared a hurdle in its efforts to build a production plant in Chatham County.
Officials from renewable energy entities held a meeting recently to discuss the rolling blackouts that left thousands in North and South Carolina without power over the Christmas holidays. The renewables proponents said solar performed "as expected." "While solar performed as expected, that 'as expected' meant there was no solar production at all during peak demand that morning," said Jon Sanders, of the Center for Food, Power, and Life.
U.S. Rep. David Rouzer, R-7th District, will chair a congressional subcommittee that focuses on the nation’s water resources. Rouzer will lead the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Longtime college basketball commentator Billy Packer died Thursday night at age 82. Carolina Journal reported in 2011 on Packer's battle with state environmental regulators.
The North Carolina Utilities Commission released its long-awaited Friday, a proposal that aims to significantly reduce carbon emissions by 2030 and reach net-zero emissions by 2050.
