Energy & Environment

The National Park Service says two beach houses have fallen into the waves along North Carolina’s coast, in Rodanthe in the Outer Banks, and that more are in danger of collapsing.

The latest estimate from various forecast centers around the world say the planet is approaching a warming threshold international agreements are trying to prevent.

Charlotte-based Duke Energy's profits declined in the first three months of the year, but revenues were up as the company saw a continued rebound from the coronavirus pandemic.

Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center in Surf City is partnering with Sea Life Charlotte-Concord aquarium to open a Creature Rescue Center. Its first resident will be a male sea turtle named Canal that was injured by a boating strike and unable to be released into the ocean.

A relatively rare East Coast earthquake centered northeast of Columbia, South Carolina, has jolted large numbers of state residents awake. Authorities say the quake occurred just after 1:30 a.m. Monday and had a preliminary 3.3 magnitude.

Scientists in Monterey Bay, Calif., found a seldom-seen species of dragonfish swimming nearly 1,000 feet below the ocean's surface.

Climate change is already affecting food security around the globe, and that’s only expected to worsen as the global average temperature increases. But there are climate-resilient practices North Carolina farmers can use to protect their crops — and lower their carbon emissions.

With the climate warming rapidly, scientists are finding that cutting fossil fuels may not be enough. Carbon dioxide emissions may need to be vacuumed right out of the air.

The U.S. has an ambitious plan to build tons of chargers in order to make charging an electric car closer to the speed and ease of pumping gas.

The lawsuits contend that purchases of thousands of fossil fuel-powered delivery vehicles will cause environmental harm for decades to come. The Postal Service says it conducted a thorough review.