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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...

As the 2024 election creeps closer, North Carolina legislators have given us yet another demonstration of why we deserve much better from the General Assembly we’re electing this November.  Both chambers voted to overturn Gov. Roy Cooper's...

Regulated monopoly Duke Energy’s proposed Carbon Plan violates state and federal laws, includes flawed analyses that favor delaying climate action, and underinvests in no-regrets, carbon-free renewable energy resources, according to a brief and...

New Chapter Director Chris Herndon tells us about how he hopes to build on North Carolina's environmental justice legacy and the spirit of our Sierrans to build and strengthen our movement to protect the environment and all who live in it.

The wetlands of Robeson County are integral to the culture and history of the Lumbee. Read how summer fellow Christopher Locklear drew on that connection as he and his colleagues worked on wetlands protection this summer.