Pollution

A recent study claims local officials and environmental agencies downplayed hazardous air conditions during the Winston Weaver fertilizer plant fire — and more should have been done to alert the public.

A new multimedia exhibition at Greensboro's GreenHill Center for North Carolina Art highlights environmental stewardship with a focus on water. "H20" will…

Environmental groups and state officials are still assessing water quality data collected after a fire broke out at the Winston Weaver fertilizer plant…

There's a new hotline for people who are concerned about exposure to toxic chemicals from a massive fire at the Winston Weaver fertilizer plant in…

A high level of a chemical that federal regulators call a likely human carcinogen has once again been discharged into the Cape Fear River Basin. The city…

A state regulatory panel agreed Tuesday to develop rules for North Carolina to meet proposed overall reductions of carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, and to join a multi-state effort to accomplish it.

Researchers are warning about the health effects of manmade PFAS chemicals on the body's ability to fight COVID-19. They're so widespread that they can be…

A federal waiver that relaxed rules for industries during the pandemic expired this week. Advocacy groups say it gave companies free rein to pollute…

Plaintiffs suing over the flow of potentially toxic PFAS chemicals into a North Carolina river have reached a tentative settlement in the case. State…

A recent report spotlighted Forsyth County for its poor air quality and raised a lot of questions. The study, called “Trouble in the Air,” uses data…