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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

Shelley Robbins, the senior decarbonization manager for the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, stands next to the Dan River in Rockingham County. Credit: Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News

A Pipeline Runs Through It

By Lisa Sorg

California voters cast their ballots at the Joslyn Park voting center on Tuesday in Santa Monica. Credit: Apu Gomes/Getty Images

Climate Initiatives Fare Well Across the Country Despite National Political Climate

By Lee Hedgepeth, Kristoffer Tigue, Lisa Sorg, Liza Gross, Martha Pskowski, Wyatt Myskow

Terry Wilson stands in the hallway of his home while he and family members work to remove valuables from the flooded house in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on Sept. 29 in Old Fort, N.C. Credit: Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images

After Hurricane Helene, Therapists Dispense ‘Psychological First Aid’

By Nina Dietz

A mold filled room sits in an abandoned house in west Lumberton, N.C. on Oct. 16, 2018. Two years after Hurricane Matthew, Florence damaged homes in the same neighborhood. Many residents never returned. Credit: Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images

ReBuild NC Has a Deficit of Over $150 Million With 1,600 People Still Displaced by Hurricanes Matthew and Florence

By Lisa Sorg

An aerial view of damaged houses after Hurricane Helene made landfall on Sept. 28 in Horseshoe Beach, Fla. Credit: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images

Stronger Storms Like Helene Are More Likely as the Climate Warms

By Sean Sublette

A member of the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force searches a flood-damaged property in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene along the Swannanoa River on Friday in Asheville, N.C. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Why the 2024 Hurricane Season Could Finally Change the Conversation Around Climate Change

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

An Army National Guard member assists a resident with potable water in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on Sept. 29 in Old Fort, N.C. Credit: Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images

N.C. Health Officials Issue Guidelines for Thousands of Potentially Flooded Private Wells 

By Lisa Sorg

Hudson Johnson passes hay to Kristen Kiker, as she prepares to tow it across floodwaters with a paddleboard to feed horses and goats on a nearby farm in Black Mountain, N.C., on Thursday in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Hurricane Helene Prompts Questions About Raising Animals in Increasingly Vulnerable Places

By Georgina Gustin

From left: Lisa Schehr, Mae Brouhard, Chloe Schehr, Nikki Wagg and Dawn Overmyer are beekeepers on a 12-acre family farm near Midway, N.C. Their family land, including the beekeeping farm, is in the path of the Transco pipeline expansion. Credit: Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News

A Family of Beekeepers Could Lose Their Hives Because of a Massive Pipeline Expansion

By Lisa Sorg

Workers, community members, and business owners clean up debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on Monday in Marshall, N.C. Credit: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images

How Climate Change Intensified Helene and the Appalachian Floods

By Sean Sublette

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