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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

A building damaged by Hurricane Helene is seen on March 24 in Asheville, N.C. Communities in western North Carolina continue the recovery process more than six months after the storm. Credit: Sean Rayford/Getty Images

Despite Problems in and out of State, Horne LLP Is Again Chosen by N.C. Officials to Run Disaster Relief Efforts

By Lisa Sorg

A solar array is installed at an apartment complex in Charlotte, N.C. Credit: Logan Cyrus/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Inspired N.C. Republicans Target Environmental Justice, Clean Energy Jobs and Programs

By Lisa Sorg

A family walks through what remains of their grandfather’s house in a neighborhood decimated by the Marshall Fire on Jan. 2, 2022, in Louisville, Colo. Credit: Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images

Climate Disaster Survivors Organize Across America, Turning Common Bonds of Loss Into Action

By Gabe Castro-Root

A family salvages belongings in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on Sept. 30, 2024, in Old Fort, N.C. Credit: Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images

An Insurance Crisis Compounded by Climate Change Threatens the Broader U.S. Economy

By Lisa Sorg

A crew works on a Duke Energy substation in Carthage, N.C. Credit: Peter Zay/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

N.C. Treasurer Names Conservative Climate Skeptic to State Utilities Commission

By Lisa Sorg

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

N.C. Farm Bureau Asks State Supreme Court to Strike Environmental Protections From Hog Farm Permits

By Lisa Sorg

Hurricane Helene left a trail of destruction through North Carolina, including along this section of the French Broad River. Credit: Jack Henderson

National Park Units Dot America’s Most Endangered Rivers List

By Kurt Repanshek, National Parks Traveler

After the Winston Weaver fertilizer plant caught fire, the facility's owners shipped thousands of gallons of fire suppressant water to a dairy farm in Yadkin County. That material contained toxic PFAS. Credit: Winston-Salem Fire Department

EPA Weighs N.C. Environmental Harms From Sewage Sludge Used as Fertilizer

By Lisa Sorg

In Washington Township, Mich., a gas pipeline in wetlands in Stony Creek Metropark. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

New Study Shows Extreme and Far-Reaching Impacts of Sackett Ruling on Federal Wetland Protections

By Lauren Dalban

Regional grid operators are responsible for the reliability of the transmission networks. Many operators hold auctions to pay power producers and energy efficiency aggregators, like American Efficient, to balance the supply and demand of electricity. Credit: George Rose/Getty Images

Is FERC’s Future at Stake in its Titanic Clash with American Efficient?

By Lisa Sorg

Duke Energy's Marshall Steam Station is one of the utility's largest power-generating facilities in the Carolinas. Duke plans to retire two of the four coal-fired units soon and replace them with new natural gas plants. Credit: Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News

A New Bill Would Allow Duke Energy to Retreat From North Carolina’s Ambitious Climate Goals

By Lisa Sorg

Demonstrators participate in the Stand Up for Science rally at the Lincoln Memorial on March 7 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images

Taking It to the Streets: Scientists Mobilize to Fight Trump’s ‘Unprecedented’ Anti-Science Agenda

By Liza Gross, Bob Berwyn, Dennis Pillion, Kiley Bense, Lauren Dalban, Lisa Sorg

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