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Budgets are about appropriating funds, but they have long been a favorite place for North Carolina politicians to insert policy provisions that might not garner sufficient votes on their own. That tradition held true this week as the General...

The NC Senate today gave tentative approval to the state budget that has mixed news for the environment, particularly for water quality and clean transportation - topics "all North Carolinians can get behind - but apparently not all legislators," N....

There wasn’t much public action at the General Assembly this week as budget negotiations continued behind the scenes, Cassie Gavins writes. But things could begin heating up next week with the budget proposal expected to appear with a reduced...

Lawmakers returned to Raleigh this week and promptly filed legislation to address the contamination of the Cape Fear River with the toxic chemical GenX. But the bills fall short of what's needed to adequately deal with the problem, according to...

"Governor Cooper’s budget would be a win for North Carolinians and the environment thanks to increased funding for clean water and land protection. It would also improve coastal resiliency from natural disasters and strengthen the state’s capacity...

As the NC General Assembly prepares for its short session, we look at how lawmakers might act to help - or hold back - wind energy development. A wind study is under way and a moratorium on new wind energy projects expires at the end of 2018. When...

The Sierra Club, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center, and the N.C. Department of Transportation (NCDOT) today announced a settlement agreement that will allow NCDOT to proceed with the U.S. 70 Havelock Bypass in Craven County while...

Gov. Roy Cooper today said his short session budget proposal will include $14.5 million to better equip state agencies to address environmental health and safety threats posed by emerging contaminants such as GenX.The funding for the Department of...

The N.C. Sierra Club appreciates the decision by state regulators to require the Chemours company to show that GenX air emissions from its Fayetteville Works will not be an ongoing source of groundwater contamination. The state Division of Air...

Hundreds of North Carolina residents and allies gathered near a federal meeting on the Trump administration’s offshore drilling plan, presenting a loud and staunchly unified voice in protest of fossil fuel drilling in U.S. coastal waters. The NC...