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ICN North Carolina

Is Duke Energy Liable for Climate-Related Property Damage After Funding Denialist Campaigns?

Attorneys for the town of Carrboro and Duke Energy sparred in court for hours over this question before a judge, who asked them for more information. Carrboro says it sustained $20 million in property damage from Tropical Depression Chantal in July.

By Lisa Sorg

Carrboro Mayor Barbara Foushee at a Town Hall press conference in December 2024 announced the town is suing Duke Energy because it allegedly deceived the public about the validity of climate change. Credit: Town of Carrboro
Donald Trump is prayed over by a local business owner in Swannanoa, N.C., during a visit to see the devastation of Hurricane Helene on Oct. 21, 2024. Credit: The Washington Post via Getty Images/Grist

Trump Raised $8 Million for Hurricane Helene Survivors. Where Did It All Go?

By Katie Myers, Grist

Can Pollution From Industrial Animal Agriculture Be Controlled?

ICN Sunday Morning

N.C. Wildlife Resources Commissions officials had to rescue dozens of Southern Appalachian Brook Trout from a mountain stream after a cattle farmer allowed as much as 2 feet of sediment to enter the waterway. Credit: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

North Carolina Cattle Farmer to Pay $92,000 for Damaging Mountain Streams

By Lisa Sorg

A hog farm in eastern North Carolina. Credit: Rick Dove

Trump Cancels Study on Health Impacts of Industrialized Hog Farms That Produce Biogas

By Lisa Sorg

Red “no swimming” flags dot Brighton Beach amid Hurricane Erin on Wednesday in New York City. Credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

Atlantic Shore Towns Feel Hurricane Erin’s Sting Without It Ever Making Landfall

By Kiley Price

Downstream of Brenntag’s Durham plant, lead has been detected in the sediment of a creek that flows through Burton Park. Credit: Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News

An Environmental Justice Test Case for Trump’s EPA: A Creek That Smells Like Death

By Lisa Sorg

Rep. Alma Adams (D-N.C.) attends a House committee hearing on Feb. 5 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

N.C.’s Democratic Congressional Delegation Condemns EPA Cancellation of Solar for All

By Lisa Sorg

Duke Energy’s Asheville Combined Cycle Station, a natural gas power plant, in Buncombe County, N.C. Credit: Duke Energy

Will ‘The Power Bill Reduction Act’ Make Electric Bills Go Down or Up in N.C.?

By Lisa Sorg

The Eno River runs through west Hillsborough and along the River Walk downtown. Credit: Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News

Before Tropical Depression Chantal Swamped Hillsborough, the Town Had Been Counting on FEMA

By Lisa Sorg

A woman wears a poncho to protect herself from wind-blown rain during a rare spring nor’easter in Boston on May 22. Credit: Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

New Research Shows More Extreme Global Warming Impacts Looming for the Northeast

By Bob Berwyn

A washed away road in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Chantal on Monday in Chapel Hill, N.C. Credit: Peter Zay/Anadolu via Getty Images

Chantal Wreaks Havoc in North Carolina as State Lawmakers Try to Repeal an Ambitious Climate Change Goal

By Lisa Sorg

StarPet operates a 1.3 million-square-foot factory on 30 acres along Pineview Road in Asheboro, N.C. Credit: Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News

N.C. Has Allowed a Likely Carcinogen Into Three Rivers Serving 900,000 People

By Lisa Sorg

The Town of Red Springs owns and operates it electric utility, which has fallen into disrepair. Credit: Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News

In North Carolina, Exploding Bulbs and Fridges on the Fritz Reveal a Town’s Fraying Electric System

By Lisa Sorg

An industrialized swine farm in Wayne County, N.C., is covered in flood water during Hurricane Matthew in 2016. Credit: Rick Dove

Funding Shortfalls Hamper North Carolina’s Program to Buy Out Hog Farms in or Near Floodplains

By Lisa Sorg

A view of Station 155, one of Transco’s several compressor stations along the Southeast Supply Enhancement Project pipeline route, in a residential neighborhood of Lexington, N.C. Credit: Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News

A Transco Pipeline Plan to Boost Gas in Five States Would Sharply Increase Air Pollution in N.C. Towns

By Lisa Sorg

Electric cars charge at an EV charging station on Dec. 1, 2024, in Jersey City, N.J. Credit: Gary Hershorn/Getty Images

States, Environmentalists Sue Trump Over Billions in Funding Freezes for EV Charging

By Lisa Sorg

Heavy rains from Hurricane Helene caused record flooding and damage on Sept. 28, 2024, in Asheville, N.C. Credit: Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images

NC Fires a Disaster Relief Subcontractor Founded by Former ReBuild NC Boss

By Lisa Sorg

The Potomac River floods downtown Westernport, Md., after extreme rain on May 13. Credit: Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images

An Atmospheric River Brought This Week’s Flooding Rains to the Southeast

By Sean Sublette

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