Environment

Charlotte-based Duke Energy says it expects to triple the amount of renewable energy it produces by 2030. That's among the goals in the company's annual sustainability report out Wednesday.

A 15-year-old Charlotte high school student has become a role model for responsible climate activism. Effective protest during COVID-19 can take many forms, she says, and making cookies is one of them.

Gov. Roy Cooper is making another plea to President Donald Trump to include North Carolina in a ban on offshore drilling. Two weeks ago, President Trump…

President Donald Trump signed a memorandum to his interior secretary Tuesday that exempts the Atlantic coasts of Florida, South Carolina and Georgia - but…

Federal environmental officials say they've finished testing more than 100 additional properties around an old asbestos mill in Davidson. Only six --…

A new study says Charlotte’s tree canopy declined significantly between 2012 and 2018, with residential development the biggest cause of widespread tree…

Several weeks into the nearly worldwide stay-at-home orders, we’re living a real-life experiment about economics and our planet. New data and images show…

Monday, April 20, 2020The environment used to be a bipartisan issue. After all, we live on the same planet. Now it's one of America's most polarizing…

Joe Madison, hands in his pockets, eyes the fresh tracks in the sand with keen interest. “They may have been here since this morning,” he says.The intern…

Thoughts of Yuletide and climate change don’t usually go hand-in-hand, but the state’s Christmas trees are not immune to the threats.Fraser firs are a…