Group Sues to Block Billboard Rules
An environmental group is trying to halt new rules that allow more vegetation to be cut around billboards that line the state's roadways. Billboard owners say the new guidelines are needed to preserve...
View ArticleDENR Refuses Federal Water Quality Grants
North Carolina environmental officials have said "no" to a federal grant to check water quality in areas where fracking may occur. The state Department of Environment and Natural Resources says the...
View ArticleThree Decades Of North Carolina Wilderness
Thirty years ago today, President Ronald Reagan signed the North Carolina Wilderness Act which protected nearly 100,000 acres of wilderness in the state. Robert Cox, former president of the Sierra...
View ArticleNC Senate Passes Bill That Sets Up Showdown With EPA
The North Carolina Senate has passed a bill that would prohibit any state agency from fully complying with the EPA’s Clean Power Plan.The Obama Administration announced the EPA Clean Power Plan earlier...
View ArticleEPA, Duke Energy Settle Landmark Lawsuit
Duke Energy has settled a landmark lawsuit over air pollution at coal-burning power plants in North Carolina.The suit was first filed in 2000 by the U.S. Justice Department, on behalf of the EPA. They...
View ArticleA Year In, Report Says Solarbees Making No Improvement On Jordan Lake
North Carolina is home to seven natural lakes. Jordan Lake—despite its name—is not one of them. It’s a reservoir, created in 1974.And almost from the day it was first dammed, Jordan Lake has been...
View ArticleState Officials To Scrap SolarBee Project On Jordan Lake
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality announced it will halt the SolarBee pilot project, saying the floating mixers are not improving water quality in Jordan Lake.Launched two years...
View ArticleGroup Sues to Block Billboard Rules
An environmental group is trying to halt new rules that allow more vegetation to be cut around billboards that line the state's roadways. Billboard owners say the new guidelines are needed to preserve...
View ArticleDENR Refuses Federal Water Quality Grants
North Carolina environmental officials have said "no" to a federal grant to check water quality in areas where fracking may occur. The state Department of Environment and Natural Resources says the...
View ArticleThree Decades Of North Carolina Wilderness
Thirty years ago today, President Ronald Reagan signed the North Carolina Wilderness Act which protected nearly 100,000 acres of wilderness in the state. Robert Cox , former president of the Sierra...
View ArticleNC Senate Passes Bill That Sets Up Showdown With EPA
The North Carolina Senate has passed a bill that would prohibit any state agency from fully complying with the EPA’s Clean Power Plan . The Obama Administration announced the EPA Clean Power Plan...
View ArticleEPA, Duke Energy Settle Landmark Lawsuit
Duke Energy has settled a landmark lawsuit over air pollution at coal-burning power plants in North Carolina. The suit was first filed in 2000 by the U.S. Justice Department, on behalf of the EPA. They...
View ArticleA Year In, Report Says Solarbees Making No Improvement On Jordan Lake
North Carolina is home to seven natural lakes. Jordan Lake — despite its name — is not one of them. It’s a reservoir, created in 1974. And almost from the day it was first dammed, Jordan Lake has been...
View ArticleState Officials To Scrap SolarBee Project On Jordan Lake
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality announced it will halt the SolarBee pilot project, saying the floating mixers are not improving water quality in Jordan Lake. Launched two years...
View ArticleSierra Club Ranks UNC Chapel Hill First In State For Sustainability
The Sierra Club has recognized several North Carolina universities for their sustainability efforts, naming them "Cool Schools" in 2017 as part of its annual ranking . The University of North Carolina-...
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