Critics Call the Poultry Farming System Rigged. Craig Watts Is Fighting to Overturn It.
As Watts’ legal battle drags on, the Trump administration moves to delay a Biden-era rule designed to reform how farmers get paid.
By Lisa Sorg
ICN North Carolina
In N.C., Stokes County Approves a Data Center Rezoning, Triggering a Citizens’ Lawsuit
By Lisa Sorg
North Carolina Created Complaint Systems for Its Industrialized Farms. They Don’t Work Very Well.
By Lisa Sorg
A Global Chemical Giant Racks Up Violations in Durham, N.C., Where Drinking Water for a Million Is Threatened
By Lisa Sorg
North Carolina Regulators Nix $1.2 Billion Federal Proposal to Dredge Wilmington Harbor
By Lisa Sorg
The Voracious Vine That ‘Ate the South’ Can Also Fuel Wildfires
By Jaylan Sims
California Pays Farms to Make Biogas from Hog Waste in North Carolina, Where Locals Say It’s Fueling Pollution
By Blanca Begert
N.C. Judge Upholds the State’s Limits on 1,4-Dioxane Pollution in Utilities’ Wastewater
By Lisa Sorg
A Troubled Hog Farm in Wayne County, North Carolina, Is Hit With a New String of Violations
By Lisa Sorg
Disaster Survivors Want Kristi Noem Out of FEMA
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
