ICN North Carolina

Disaster Survivors Want Kristi Noem Out of FEMA 

A group of people affected by disasters across the country is calling on Congress to restore federal emergency management as an independent agency, rather than an arm of Homeland Security.

By Arcelia Martin

A Winter Storm Fueled by Global Warming Tests U.S. Disaster Response

By Kiley Bense, Bob Berwyn, Keerti Gopal, Lee Hedgepeth, Lisa Sorg

Trump’s Grant Terminations Upheld by Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

By Lisa Sorg

Duke Energy Plans to Build a Massive Natural Gas Power Plant in Davidson County. But Where, Exactly?

By Lisa Sorg

The Army Corps of Engineers Wants to Dredge the Cape Fear River. Environmentalists Tally the Costs.

By Lisa Sorg

The Year in Climate: Attacks on Science, the Start of Trump’s Second Term and Surging Electricity Demand Foreshadow a Future Filled with Uncertainty

By Dan Gearino, ICN Staff

A New Report Describes Deep Environmental Cuts, State by State

By Lisa Sorg

Scientists Say the Forever Chemical TFA Could Cause Irreversible Harm. In Eastern North Carolina, It’s Everywhere.

By Lisa Sorg

Members of America’s Largest Power Grid Can’t Agree on How to Power Data Centers

By Rambo Talabong

N.C. Regulators Say Trump’s Proposed Repeal of the Endangerment Finding Would Increase ‘Criteria’ Air Pollutants

By Lisa Sorg

Gas Pipeline Proposals in Virginia Multiply Through the South—and Worry Community Activists

By Charles Paullin

N.C. Office of Recovery and Resiliency So Poorly Managed That State Auditor Couldn’t Determine Full Extent of Waste

By Lisa Sorg

N.C. Supreme Court Says State Regulators Erred on CAFO Permits

By Lisa Sorg

A Company Eyes What Would Be North Carolina’s First Commercial Natural Gas Well

By Lisa Sorg

Asheboro, North Carolina, Is Under Pressure to Control Discharges of a Toxic Chemical Into Drinking Water Supply

By Lisa Sorg

Breach of Contract or Constitutional Crisis?

By Lisa Sorg

A Short-Lived Win in a Never-Ending Fight Over Forever Chemicals

By Lisa Sorg

In Its New Carbon Plan, Duke Energy Gambles on Coal as a Shorter-Term Fix for Powering Data Centers

By Lisa Sorg

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

By Lisa Sorg