EPA

The North Carolina General Assembly, Department of Environmental Quality and the Environmental Protection Agency see diminishing returns for the state's vehicle emissions testing requirements. That program is slated for elimination in the remaining counties that implement it following a public comment period, which ends in June.

Attorney General Jeff Jackson joined 22 other states in suing the Environmental Protection Agency to restore the $7 billion program. It would have helped provide rooftop solar systems to low-income and rural households.

Duke Energy's most recent carbon reductions and resource plan proposal suggests delaying retirements of three NC plants that can burn coal.

High Point officials mailed notices last week to water customers to let them know that a January power outage had affected operations at one of the city’s treatment facilities.

The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a North Carolina organization $156 million to strengthen solar energy use across the state. Governor Roy…

President Joe Biden’s top environment official visited what is widely considered the birthplace of the environmental justice movement Saturday to unveil a…

Residents near the Dan River and Belews Lake joined a listening session Thursday. The Environmental Protection Agency is collecting ideas and concerns…

The Environmental Protection Agency will hold a listening session Thursday night in Rockingham County to collect public input, as it develops limits on…

The Environmental Protection Agency is warning that two nonstick and stain-resistant compounds found in drinking water are more dangerous than previously…

A federal infusion of cash will help speed the cleanup of four contaminated sites in North Carolina, including a Yadkin County location. The…