Climate Change

A contentious 2024 bill shifted the balance of power in the regulatory body that oversees Duke Energy’s carbon plan — giving Republicans greater influence over the commission.

The 2025 legislation session resumes in Raleigh this week, though no votes are currently expected, and environmental and climate advocates are eyeing a number of key bills that could help or hinder their initiatives.

Statistically speaking, climate change isn’t on the tip of most North Carolinians’ tongues — not often, anyway. How do we change that?

Climate change and its cause — the burning of fossil fuels — are problems that surround us as much as, well, the air we breathe. A new book by the father of popular climate writing, Bill McKibben, offers a simple solution: harness the power of the sun.

Local activists with the environmental group GreenFaith joined a national day of action in uptown Charlotte against banking giant Wells Fargo Friday.

Low-income and marginalized communities often stand to benefit the most from climate solutions because these communities bear the most direct costs of fossil fuel pollution.

Underground trains are incredibly susceptible to flooding from climate-driven extreme rain and sea level rise. Cities around the world are racing to adapt their transit systems.

A week of bad weather is putting Trump's federal cuts to the test. Flash floods near San Antonio, Texas, killed more than 120 people late last week. The tragedy has since led to some finger-pointing between local officials and the federal government.

New York, North Carolina, New Mexico and Texas have all suffered serious flooding this month. Climate change is causing even more rain to fall during the heaviest storms.

People who live outside in unstable housing are vulnerable to any kind of weather — storms, floods, temperature changes. WFAE followed street outreach workers to see how they help people survive outside during the summer.