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Coastal rules battle between two NC agencies heads to Appeals Court
North Carolina’s second-highest court will hear arguments Thursday in a dispute over 30 government rules targeting coastal North Carolina.
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Feds’ Lake Mattamuskeet pilot project pushed back to April 2025
The US Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to delay a challenged algaecide plan for Lake Mattamuskeet until April 2025. The delay will give a federal judge time to decide the outcome of environmental groups' lawsuit challenging the plan.
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Trump executive orders could speed Atlantic Coast Pipeline, but legal challenges loom
Two executive orders President Donald Trump signed Wednesday, April 10, could expedite completion of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and other interstate energy transmission projects that have been delayed by state regulators. Pipeline permit-delaying tactics by officials in Washington, D.C., and New York influenced Trump’s decision to sign the executive orders. Energy companies also have pressured...
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Friends and foes of Atlantic Coast Pipeline seek governor’s blessing
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline cuts a 600-mile underground swath through three states, beginning in Harrison County, West Virginia. It branches out to Chesapeake, Virginia, and also continues south near Roanoke Rapids and heads to Pembroke — traversing counties such as Nash and Cumberland before settling in Robeson. The route keeps company with Interstate 95, running...
