A new national study finds that several cities across the Tar Heel State — from Wilmington to Asheville — are among the best places in the country to build rain gardens, turning runoff into resilience and puddles into pollinator havens.
These voluntary efforts often achieve what top-down government programs cannot — long-term environmental stewardship based on personal investment.
As part of Executive Order 292, the Environmental Justice Advisory Council has developed a statewide environmental justice mapping tool to provide information about environmental justice issues that enables individuals to assess disparities or inequities associated with that data.
Corn and other crops suffer due to this year's drought.
If our exposures are lower than safe limits of other government authorities, then we would not expect to see much if any health issue and cleaning up such minimal contamination would be a waste of money.
New technology is exciting, but politicians who flex their influence and power to force premature adoption do a disservice to their communities. As a New Hanover County commissioner, I write to caution my county — and all the other counties and municipalities in North Carolina — against imposing harmful electric vehicle (EV) mandates. In January,...
Governor Cooper signed an executive order to preserve wetlands and natural resources.
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.
Enjoy the sunrise It’s 6:32 a.m. I am sitting on our concrete patio in the community of Bettie, Down East, in Carteret County, on a mottled aluminum bench facing directly east. The distinct odor of exposed mud flat and salt marsh permeates the air, indicating the tide has passed low and is now rising. I...
Editor’s Note: This piece is adapted from a column that first appeared in the American Institute for Economic Research. IMPOVERISHING US IS NOT THE SOLUTION The Biden administration’s term of choice for the ridiculously named Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is “historic.” One reason is its “climate change” promises. The monetary costs alone are enormous, which is strangely a point of...
