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In North Carolina Senate Race, Global Warming Is On The Back Burner. Do Voters Even Care?

The Democrat, a former state Supreme Court judge, calls climate a “crisis” on her website. The Republican, a Trump-backed gun store owner, wants more drilling.

By James Bruggers

Left: North Carolina Democratic Senate candidate Cheri Beasley speaks to a crowd during an election night event on May 17, 2022 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Credit: Sean Rayford/Getty Images; Right: Ted Budd, who is running for U.S. Senate, speaks before a rally for former U.S. President Donald Trump at The Farm at 95 on April 9, 2022 in Selma, North Carolina. Credit: Allison Joyce/Getty Images
Drone aerial view of Outer Banks Highway 12. Credit: Visions of America/Joseph Sohm/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Shifting Sands: Carolina’s Outer Banks Face a Precarious Future

By Gilbert M. Gaul

A concentrated animal feeding operation in North Carolina. Credit: Aman Azhar

North Carolina’s Bet on Biomass Energy Is Faltering, With Energy Targets Unmet and Concerns About Environmental Justice

By Aman Azhar

Chickens

A Biomass Power Plant in Rural North Carolina Reignites Concerns Over Clean Energy and Environmental Justice

By Aman Azhar

Rescuers help a woman from a rescue boat after being evacuated from her apartment due to flood waters from the Little River as it crests from the rains caused by Hurricane Florence as it passed through the area on Sept. 18, 2018 in Spring Lake, North Carolina. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

North Carolina Hurricanes Linked to Increases in Gastrointestinal Illnesses in Marginalized Communities

By Leah Campbell

A concentrated animal feeding operation in North Carolina. Credit: Aman Azhar

EPA to Probe Whether North Carolina’s Permitting of Biogas From Swine Feeding Operations Violates Civil Rights of Nearby Neighborhoods

By Aman Azhar

Video: Aerial Detectives Dive Deep Into North Carolina’s Hog and Poultry Waste Problem

By Aman Azhar

Power lines and power generating windmills rise above the rural landscape on June 13, 2018 near Dwight, Illinois. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Here Are 5 States that Took Leaps on Clean Energy Policy in 2021

By Dan Gearino

The Ohio Statehouse is seen on Jan. 16, 2021, in Columbus, Ohio. Credit: Jason Whitman/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Climate Activists and Environmental Justice Advocates Join the Gerrymandering Fight in Ohio and North Carolina

By Marianne Lavelle

A panel installer finishes installing electrical wiring at a solar array at a job site in East Charlotte. Credit: Logan Cyrus for The Washington Post via Getty Images

Environmental Groups Don’t Like North Carolina’s New Energy Law, Despite Its Emission-Cutting Goals

By Dan Gearino

A flooded poultry farm stands in this aerial photograph taken above Chinquapin, North Carolina on Friday, Sept. 21, 2018 after Hurricane Florence. Credit: Alex Wroblewski/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Pollution from N.C.’s Commercial Poultry Farms Disproportionately Harms Communities of Color

By Aman Azhar

Pigs stand in a pen at a farm in Ayden, North Carolina on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018. Credit: Callaghan O'Hare/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Civil Rights Groups in North Carolina Say ‘Biogas’ From Hog Waste Will Harm Communities of Color

By Aman Azhar

A damaged hog farm stands in this aerial photograph taken above Cypress Creek, North Carolina, U.S., on Friday, Sept. 21, 2018 in the wake of Hurricane Florence. Credit: Alex Wroblewski/Bloomberg via Getty Images

North Carolina’s New Farm Bill Speeds the Way for Smithfield’s Massive Biogas Plan for Hog Farms

By Aman Azhar

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper at a campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, prior to his election in November 2016. Credit: Jeff Hahne/Getty Images

Governor Roy Cooper Led North Carolina to Act on Climate Change. Will That Help Him Win a 2nd Term?

By James Bruggers

Cal Cunningham (left) is running against Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) to represent North Carolina in the Senate. Credit: Cal for NC; Erin Schaff/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

Senate 2020: In Storm-Torn North Carolina, an Embattled Republican Tries a Climate-Friendly Image

By Marianne Lavelle

A woman speaks into a cellphone asking for help at her flooded residence in Lumberton, North Carolina, on September 15, 2018 in the wake of Hurricane Florence. Credit: Alex Edelman/AFP via Getty Images

Battered by Matthew and Florence, North Carolina Must Brace for More Intense Hurricanes

By James Bruggers

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper. Credit: Sara D. Davis/Getty Images

North Carolina's Goal of Slashing Greenhouse Gases Faces Political Reality Test

By DAVID BOARKS, WFAE

Hurricane Florence destruction in New Bern, North Carolina. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Along the North Carolina Coast, Small Towns Wrestle With Resilience

By ADAM WAGNER, THE NEWS & OBSERVER

Study: Solar Power Officially Cheaper Than Nuclear in North Carolina

By Guest Writer

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