NC News

The NC Chapter staff and volunteers were hard at work to "explore, enjoy and protect" the environment in our state in 2023, and we're heading into 2024 with energy to spare! Take a look at our annual report to see our milestones last year and...

Gov. Roy Cooper's Executive Order 305, setting ambitious, necessary new conservation goals for forests and wetlands, is an important move to safeguard natural areas and communities across North Carolina. "Governor Cooper's conservation targets...

Duke Energy filed an update this week for its combined Carbon Plan and Integrated Resource Plan (CPIRP) with the North Carolina Utility Commission - a filing that shows the rate of growth for Duke Energy's electric usage load is currently 8 times...

The Sierra Club and allied groups have filed a lawsuit over plans for logging in the Nantahala National Forest. We assert that the plan violates federal law protecting 'special interest areas.'

The 2023 legislative session was damaging to North Carolina’s environment and natural resources, fair elections, and equity and inclusion. Our lobbyist, Laura DeVivo, recaps some of the major issues and outcomes.

After half a century of water policy progress spurred by the Clean Water Act, a recent Supreme Court decision (Sackett v. EPA) stripped away protections for over half of the 290 million acres of wetlands in the United States. This October, on the...

The WNC Group of the N.C. Sierra Club has recently revived its Kids’ Adventure Club after a pandemic-driven hiatus. The club is part of the Sierra Club's “Inspiring Connections Outdoors” program for young people from underserved communities. The...

State regulators are still at work on permits that direct how factory-scale animal farms must handle the waste from their animals. Speak up now to demand strong environmental safeguards for people who live near these farms, and for all of us who...

The Sierra Club released a groundbreaking report and research tool today highlighting Duke Energy’s continued failures to invest in clean energy. The Dirty Truth Report grades utilities based on its plans to retire coal plants, stop building new...

Gov. Roy Cooper today vetoed H600, the Regulatory Reform Act of 2023, which would benefit polluting entities at the expense of North Carolina’s water quality and vulnerable communities. Specifically, HB600 would have rubber-stamped the Mountain...