A watchdog report finds NC among the many states struggling to keep “forever chemicals” from landfills out of rivers and groundwater.

Transco's Southeast Supply Enhancement Project will deliver more natural gas to North Carolina. Critics say the pipeline poses safety and environmental risks.

The Trump administration wants to rescind the 2001 Roadless Rule, a conservation policy that protects undeveloped areas in national forests. The deadline to submit public comment is September 19.

A two-week recreational fishing season is underway in North Carolina. What would it take to unlock more fishing opportunities?

1,4 dioxane is a toxic, man-made chemical. It's different than PFAS, another type of chemical commonly found in drinking water sources.

Emergency officials struggled to warn people about the danger of Hurricane Helene – moving ahead, they’re split on how to best keep people safe during future floods.

The data informed fisheries management and fueled scientific research in North Carolina for decades.

The Mitchell County operation only formally sought a permit after state regulators discovered that it was already operating illegally.

As Hurricane Erin pelted North Carolina’s barrier islands with strong winds and waves, it destroyed many nests of threatened sea turtles. The waves buried the eggs deep in sand or washed them out to sea. On Topsail Island more than half the 43 loggerhead turtle nests were lost this week. The storm also likely wiped out eight of the 10 remaining nests on Emerald Isle. Loggerheads are threatened in the U.S. due to bycatch from fishing. But conservation groups can do little to keep nests safe during a hurricane given North Carolina’s strict laws about keeping the sea turtle hatching process natural.

The N.C. Utilities Commission directed Duke to work with wind energy developers to see if committing to a wind farm by the mid-2030s is cost effective.