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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
The Waste Energy plant would process plastics sourced from throughout the East Coast using pyrolysis, which breaks down materials at very high temperatures in the oxygen-free furnace. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Does N.C. Need Another Polluting Plant to Turn Plastic Waste Into Diesel Fuel?

By Lisa Sorg
Rev. Ben Chavis speaks as panelist for the Real Talk Drives Real Change Tour at the Lincoln Theatre in Washington, D.C. on on June 26, 2022. Credit: Brian Stukes/Getty Images

‘Never Let Anyone Break Your Spirit’: How an Environmental Justice Forefather Is Thinking About Our Current Moment

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth
Julie Lawson (left) describes the water level of flooding that damaged her son's shop as Hurricane Helene hit Canton, N.C. in October 2024. Credit: Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images

Massive Cuts to a HUD Office Would Slow Disaster Aid to Hard-Hit N.C. Communities

By Lisa Sorg
President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office on Feb. 14. Trump was joined by (from left) EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, Energy Secretary Chris Wright, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. Credit: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Climate and Environmental Justice Programs Stalled by Trump Freeze, Despite Court Orders

By Marianne Lavelle, Dylan Baddour, Lisa Sorg, Nicholas Kusnetz
An electric vehicle charges at a shopping mall parking lot in Torrance, Calif. Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

Trump Has Thrown a Wrench Into a National EV Charging Program. Can He Make It Disappear?

By Lee Hedgepeth, Aman Azhar, Jake Bolster, Lisa Sorg, Sarah Mattalian
A view of the Moriah Energy Center construction site on Aug. 12, 2024 in Person County N.C., where BREDL is considering setting up an air monitoring station. Credit: Lisa Sorg for Inside Climate News/The Assembly

How the Money Stopped at One Environmental Nonprofit, Causing Hardship and Alarm

By Lisa Sorg

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