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A coalition of conservation groups sent a letter to the U.S. Forest Service this week, asking the agency to amend the Nantahala-Pisgah Forest Plan due to the tremendous damage Hurricane Helene did to North Carolina’s Nantahala and Pisgah National...

North Carolinians flooded the N.C. House over the past week in person, by email and over the phone, urging lawmakers to uphold Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of S382, the "Helene relief" legislation that actually focuses on stripping power from incoming...

As expected, the Senate voted along party lines on Monday to override Governor Cooper's veto of S382, a putative Hurricane Helene relief bill. Cooper outlined only a few of the bill's many flaws in his veto message. The measure makes a nominal...

In the same week that Asheville residents finally saw their drinking water restored –  some six weeks after Hurricane Helene – North Carolina lawmakers shrugged off a chance to provide additional substantial relief to our devastated mountain...

Duke Energy Carolinas & Progress saw a slight improvement in the Sierra Club's Dirty Truth report card this year, but its score could regress if the utility follows through on its short-sighted plans to add new gas-burning power plants and burn...

In a surprise move late Friday (Nov. 1), months ahead of schedule, the North Carolina Utility Commission (NCUC) approved Duke’s energy plan that abandons the state’s requirement to reduce carbon emissions by 70 percent by 2030.  This...

The Legislature convened a one-day session this week to pass its second bill funding storm recovery in Western North Carolina and to offer additional early voting sites in two counties impacted by Hurricane Helene.  Before the session, Gov....

North Carolina lawmakers convened on Wednesday afternoon for a scheduled session that pivoted from pending legislation to instead focus entirely on first steps in the state’s response to Hurricane Helene and the critical needs in western North...

Our hearts are with the people of Western North Carolina at this time. We mourn the lives lost as we continue to pray for those injured, displaced, or unaccounted for. We are hopeful for their safety and confident in our collective resilience.

As the comment period on the U.S. Forest Service’s (USFS) National Old-Growth Amendment comes to a close on Friday, environmental groups from across North Carolina held a virtual press conference on Tuesday to bring attention to the issue and...