Climate Change

June marks the beginning of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season. This week, Colorado State University released its annual forecast.

Those long, dry periods are taking a toll on N.C. soil health.

Duke Energy is asking permission from state regulators to raise rates for both its North Carolina companies. But first, the public has a chance to weigh in.

State agencies, private landowners and tribes can preempt wildfires by conducting controlled burns. But these controlled burns can only happen when the forecast allows.

The U.S. Department of Energy is offering $1.9 billion in funding for transmission upgrades, including replacing conductors, installing better technologies to monitor the grid and transmitting power across regions.

Spring is in full swing in the Carolinas, but some folks are still experiencing a lingering winter chill from overdue utility bills. For Duke Energy customers, this increasingly results in disconnection.

Over 3,000 miles of streams snake through Mecklenburg County. These waterways protect communities from climate impacts in more than one way.

State regulators held a hearing Tuesday night at the Rowan County Courthouse in Salisbury. Several residents attended, carrying anti–data center signs.

The environmental activist visited Charlotte and Davidson College last weekend to lead a foraging walk and talk about reconnecting with nature.

A data center developer is considering a site near Sanford in Lee County, and might even pursue fracking to fuel the facility — a first for North Carolina. Monday night, a crowd of concerned citizens wearing anti-fracking buttons packed Sanford’s McSwain Center to push for a data center moratorium.