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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

Sections of steel pipe owned by the Mountain Valley Pipeline in Lindside, W.Va. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Mountain Valley Pipeline Files Application To Build Southgate Extension Project from Virginia into North Carolina

By Charles Paullin

Duke Energy’s STAR facility burns coal ash to be reused in cement in Goldsboro, N.C. Credit: Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News

Duke Energy Promised to Limit Emissions at Four New Gas Plants. It’s Already Back-Tracking

By Lisa Sorg

Residents of Swannanoa live in campers and tents as their homes remain destroyed or uninhabitable from Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina. Credit: Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News

Why Is ReBuild NC Involved in Disaster Management in Western North Carolina?

By Lisa Sorg

A wind turbine generates electricity at the Block Island Wind Farm off the shores of Rhode Island. Credit: John Moore/Getty Images

Executive Orders on Energy and Climate Have Advocates Across the Nation on Edge

By Dan Gearino, Aman Azhar, Amy Green, Dylan Baddour, Jake Bolster, Keerti Gopal, Kiley Bense, Lauren Dalban, Lisa Sorg, Liza Gross, Marianne Lavelle, Nicholas Kusnetz, Phil McKenna

A view of the cogeneration plant operated by the University of North Carolina, located a half-mile from the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. Credit: Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News

To Reduce its Carbon Footprint, UNC Could Burn Pellets Composed of Paper and Plastic

By Lisa Sorg

Rusted barrels and cracked concrete are all that remain of the former Glidden Paint Plant in Reading, Pa. State funding has been allocated to remediate the site prior to a planned redevelopment. Credit: Daniel Propp/Inside Climate News

How North America’s Leading Brownfield Redeveloper Makes Millions by Not Redeveloping Brownfields

By Daniel Propp

David Hester inspects damage to his house after Hurricane Helene made landfall on Sept. 28 in Horseshoe Beach, Fla. Credit: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images

The Year in Climate: Record Heat, an Election, a Push for Justice and Reasons for Hope

By Dan Gearino, ICN Staff

Sherri White-Williamson of Clinton, in Sampson County, co-founded EJCAN, which advocates for environmental justice in low-income neighborhoods and communities of color where pollution sources are clustered. Credit: Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News

North Carolina’s Climate Activists Brace for Trump’s Return

By Lisa Sorg

Bobby Jones stands in front of Duke Energy's STAR facility in Goldsboro, N.C. Jones co-founded the Down East Coal Ash Environmental and Social Justice Coalition, which advocates for people in eastern North Carolina burdened by pollution. Credit: Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News

As the Clock Ticks to Act on the Climate Crisis, N.C. Activists Target a ‘Carbon Plan’

By Lisa Sorg

Laura Hogshead (left), the director of ReBuild NC, and Pryor Gibson, advisor to Gov. Roy Cooper, are sworn in to testify in front of lawmakers about the state’s hurricane recovery housebuilding program on Monday. Credit: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline

ReBuild NC’s Embattled Director Is No Longer a State Employee, a Memo Confirms

By Lisa Sorg

Heavy machinery clears a bridge covered in debris after Hurricane Helene on Sept. 28 in Lake Lure, N.C. Credit: Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images

Lawmakers Grill ReBuild NC’s Director Over Performance Lapses and Budget Shortfalls

By Lisa Sorg

Volunteers work to remove debris and mud from a flooded home in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on Oct. 5 in Swannanoa, N.C. Credit: Steve Exum/Getty Images

Grassroots Hurricane Relief Efforts Fight Disinformation, Slow Bureaucracies and More Frequent Catastrophes

By Keerti Gopal

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