Department of Environmental Quality

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has again picked a veteran leader from the Environmental Defense Fund to become his environment secretary. Michael Regan, who previously held the position, is poised to become the administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

North Carolina environmental officials say Colonial Pipeline significantly underestimated the amount of gasoline that spilled in Huntersville in August, and they've ordered the company to provide a new number.

State environmental officials are investigating a sinkhole in a parking lot in Mooresville where coal ash was used as fill. The Department of…

North Carolina is appealing a federal decision to allow offshore seismic testing in advance of potential drilling for oil and gas. Last year, the state…

State regulators and environmentalists have reached an agreement with chemical maker Chemours that adds new requirements for preventing contamination of…

A judge in Wake County has approved a settlement between state environmental officials, environmental groups and Duke Energy that requires Duke to dig up…

The N.C. Division of Waste Management will hold a public meeting Monday night in Davidson to talk about how a former asbestos mill could be cleaned up and…

WILMINGTON — North Carolina's top environmental agency is accepting public comments about the regulation of a chemical pesticide used in log fumigation…

A big producer of wood pellets has agreed to install pollution controls at two pellet plants, in Richmond and Sampson counties.Maryland-based Enviva…

More than 200 people came to a public meeting in Gaston County Tuesday night to let state environmental officials know how they feel about coal ash at the…