Lisa Sorg
Reporter, North Carolina
Lisa Sorg is the North Carolina reporter for Inside Climate News. A journalist for 30 years, Sorg covers energy, climate environment and agriculture, as well as the social justice impacts of pollution and corporate malfeasance.
She has won dozens of awards for her news, public service and investigative reporting. In 2022, she received the Stokes Award from the National Press Foundation for her two-part story about the environmental damage from a former missile plant on a Black and Latinx neighborhood in Burlington. Sorg was previously an environmental investigative reporter at NC Newsline, a nonprofit media outlet based in Raleigh. She has also worked at alt-weeklies, dailies and magazines. Originally from rural Indiana, she lives in Durham, N.C.
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
Does N.C. Need Another Polluting Plant to Turn Plastic Waste Into Diesel Fuel?
By Lisa Sorg
Trump Wants the Federal Government’s Facilities Administration to Disconnect Its EV Charging Stations
By Lisa Sorg
Massive Cuts to a HUD Office Would Slow Disaster Aid to Hard-Hit N.C. Communities
By Lisa Sorg
Climate and Environmental Justice Programs Stalled by Trump Freeze, Despite Court Orders
By Marianne Lavelle, Dylan Baddour, Lisa Sorg, Nicholas Kusnetz
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
How the Money Stopped at One Environmental Nonprofit, Causing Hardship and Alarm
By Lisa Sorg
Directive From New Interior Secretary Weakens Public Land Protections to Push Fossil Fuels
By Lisa Sorg, Wyatt Myskow
Duke Energy Promised to Limit Emissions at Four New Gas Plants. It’s Already Back-Tracking
By Lisa Sorg
Why Is ReBuild NC Involved in Disaster Management in Western North Carolina?
By Lisa Sorg
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
To Reduce its Carbon Footprint, UNC Could Burn Pellets Composed of Paper and Plastic
By Lisa Sorg
North Carolina’s Climate Activists Brace for Trump’s Return
By Lisa Sorg
As the Clock Ticks to Act on the Climate Crisis, N.C. Activists Target a ‘Carbon Plan’
By Lisa Sorg
ReBuild NC’s Embattled Director Is No Longer a State Employee, a Memo Confirms
By Lisa Sorg
Lawmakers Grill ReBuild NC’s Director Over Performance Lapses and Budget Shortfalls
By Lisa Sorg
