Pollution

A North Carolina judge has given Gov. Roy Cooper a legal win involving an environmental board and a new law that reduced the number of positions he appoints to it. The trial judge agreed Thursday to issue a temporary restraining order preventing the Environmental Management Commission from ending its own lawsuit over new discharge limits of an industrial chemical.

Forty-one years after protestors marched for six weeks to oppose what they saw as environmental racism, Warren County activists look to take a leading role in the evolving environmental justice movement.

North Carolina State University researchers have genetically modified bacteria to break down ocean-polluting plastics commonly used in water bottles and clothing.

West Badin residents are calling for the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality to issue Alcoa a stricter hazardous waste discharge permit.

Environmental advocates say that a provision in the new state budget will impede efforts to ban plastic bags and reduce solid waste pollution, especially among North Carolina's rivers.

New research estimates that anglers who eat fish from waters contaminated by PFAS, also called “forever chemicals,” may be ingesting large doses of the chemicals. It suggests that local authorities notify fishers of contamination in the state’s waterways to help them make better decisions about where to cast their lines.

The study found large amounts of coal ash in the sediment, or sand, of five recreational lakes across North Carolina. All of these lakes are near former or currently operational Duke Energy coal plants.

A North Carolina environmental agency has approved a plan to test the soil and groundwater for contamination at the site of a massive fertilizer-plant fire in January.

Mandatory recycling is law in some places around the United States, which makes people feel comfortable about their part in saving the planet. But what…

Mandatory recycling is law in some places around the United States, which makes people feel comfortable about their part in saving the planet. But what…