ICN North Carolina

Nonprofit Law Center Asks EPA to Take Over Water Permitting in N.C.

The unprecedented move highlights regulatory tensions between Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, and an environmental rule-making commission controlled by appointees of Republican state legislative leaders.

By Lisa Sorg

Debby Drenched the Southeast. Climate Change Is Making Storms Like This Even Wetter

By Amy Green, Lisa Sorg

North Carolina Environmental Regulators at War Over Water Rules for ‘Forever Chemicals’

By Lisa Sorg

New Federal Grants Could Slash U.S. Climate Emissions by Nearly 1 Billion Metric Tons Through 2050

By Kristoffer Tigue, Marianne Lavelle

North Carolina’s Iconic College Town Struggles to Redevelop a Toxic Coal Ash Mound

By Lisa Sorg

In North Carolina, Eastern Hellbenders Are a Species of Concern, Threatened by the Vagaries of Climate Change

Story and photos by Lisa Sorg

In North Carolina, a Legal Fight Over Wetlands Protections

By Lisa Sorg

Effort to Save a Historic Water Tower Put Lead in this North Carolina Town’s Soil

By Lisa Sorg

A ‘Rights of Nature’ Tribunal Puts the Mountain Valley Pipeline on Trial

By Hannah Chanatry

Blue Cross of North Carolina Decided Against an Employee Screening of a Documentary That Links the State’s Massive Hog Farms to Public Health Ills

By Lisa Sorg

As the Country Heats Up, ERs May See an Influx of Young Patients Struggling With Mental Health

By Jenaye Johnson

Toyota Opens a ‘Megasite’ for EV Batteries in a Struggling N.C. Community, Fueled by Biden’s IRA

By Nicole Norman

In the N.C. Governor’s Race, the GOP Frontrunner Is a Climate Denier, and the Democrat Doesn’t Want to Talk About It

By Daniel Shailer

Chemours and DuPont Knew About Risks But Kept Making Toxic PFAS Chemicals, UN Human Rights Advisors Conclude

By James Bruggers

Developers Seek Big Changes to the Mountain Valley Pipeline’s Southgate Extension, Amid Sustained Opposition

By Hannah Chanatry

As the Harms of Hydropower Dams Become Clearer, Some Activists Ask, ‘Is It Time to Remove Them?’

By Kristoffer Tigue

In North Carolina Senate Race, Global Warming Is On The Back Burner. Do Voters Even Care?

By James Bruggers

Shifting Sands: Carolina’s Outer Banks Face a Precarious Future

By Gilbert M. Gaul

North Carolina’s Bet on Biomass Energy Is Faltering, With Energy Targets Unmet and Concerns About Environmental Justice

By Aman Azhar