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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.

Gov. Roy Cooper and U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm announced $57 million in new funding today (Aug. 6) to rebuild transmission lines in North Carolina to accommodate more renewable energy capacity – a major step...

The NCGA adjournment resolution allows for lawmakers to be called back to Raleigh monthly through the end of the year. That means several bills we've been tracking may yet see more action before this legislative session is truly over.

We're delighted to welcome longtime nonprofit leader Chris Herdon to the N.C. Sierra Club as our new Chapter Director. "The work of the N.C. Chapter is more crucial than ever as climate change increasingly threatens our environment and communities....

As our summer fellows research ways to protect North Carolina's wetlands, Austin Spence recounts how one wetland became an urban oasis in Raleigh - and an outstanding example of faith-based environmental justice advocacy.

The NC General Assembly's 2024 "short session" is over - kinda. After a frustrating session, lawmakers adjourned, scheduling meetings monthly through the end of 2024. Here's where things stand.

A designated "special interest area" in the Nantahala National Forest will be spared from logging under a settlement between the U.S. Forest Service and environmental groups including the Sierra Club. That's the latest in what's been a busy six...

In response to a lawsuit from a coalition of conservation groups including the Sierra Club, the U.S. Forest Service has announced that it is scrapping plans to log an important area of North Carolina’s Nantahala National Forest near the Whitewater...

This week on Jones Street started with the promised release of a House budget - and the expected standoff between legislative leaders. The House and Senate have been meeting cooperatively and behind closed doors on budget priorities since early...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to halt for this year its plans to turn Lake Mattamuskeet into a testing ground for a chemical that is toxic to birds, thanks to a lawsuit filed by the Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of the...