New Hanover County is suing over a dozen companies responsible for contaminating the area’s drinking water with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
It’s the Roomba of the Beach! Except it’s the size of a lawnmower, carefully remote controlled, and on a strict diet of cigarette butts, microplastics, and other seaside pollutants.
Environmental groups and community partners collaborated this fall to produce the “People’s Tour,” an opportunity for Eastern North Carolinians to share their thoughts on various
Confusion sparked like a flickering power pole light after Duke Energy urged customers to conserve electricity earlier this month due to cold weather. Many, still scarred by 2022’s Christmas Eve’s outages, feared rolling blackouts were brewing again.
Ghost forests are becoming increasingly common along the North Carolina coast, where areas of dead or dying trees are spreading at an alarming rate. Once vibrant woodlands, these landscapes are now battlegrounds between land and sea, succumbing to the relentless encroachment of saltwater and the intensifying impacts of a warming planet.
North Carolina is facing the harsh reality of climate change head-on, with many of the impacts predicted in a new federal report already being felt across the state. The Fifth National Climate Assessment paints a stark picture of a warming world, and the Southeast, including North Carolina, is no exception.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has abruptly reversed its approval of Chemours’ plan to ship GenX-laced wastewater to its North Carolina plant for recycling, citing inaccurate information provided by the chemical giant.
Recent rainfall has brought a welcome respite to parched North Carolina, but it is far from enough to end the ongoing drought that has gripped most of the state. While nearly 2 inches of rain fell before Thanksgiving, it is still significantly below the 7 inches of rain needed over 30 days to alleviate the drought.
For over 100 years, Alcoa produced aluminum at its plant in Badin, North Carolina. Since its opening in 1917, the company was found to have dumped hazardous waste without regulation until 1980 when the first Resource Conservation and Recovery Act regulation declared waste material called spent potliner a hazardous waste, according to Salisbury Post.
Two Black northeastern North Carolina residents filed a lawsuit on Nov. 20 seeking to invalidate the state Senate redistricting plan that the Republican-controlled General Assembly passed in October, NC Newsline reported.