Environment

The Lake Wylie Marine Commission withdrew its support for Charlotte’s proposed Interbasin Transfer Certificate, citing concerns that the lake would soon reach capacity.

A new Duke Energy report supports the utility’s predictions about data center growth in the Carolinas, showing that firm projects outnumber more tentative deals for the first time.

ABM cabin cleaner Colleen Coates died on the job last month, with advocates and co-workers pointing to extreme heat as a contributing factor. Workers are demanding that company management “start taking their concerns about safety, harassment, verbal abuse and intimidation seriously” after the incident.

Duke Energy last week reached an agreement with data center developers on a special rate that would help ensure large energy users pay for many of the costs associated with serving them.

Duke Energy reached an agreement with data center operators on a long-sought large-load tariff, or special rate for some big new energy users, in North Carolina. But environmental groups say it falls short on some key points.

An abandoned CMS building has become a battleground between the city, nature conservationists and local parents trying to balance the need too keep a school safe with the need to save a key home for hard-pressed birds.

The Trump administration is repealing federal protections that would expose about 144,000 acres of protected forests to logging and development in North Carolina. Tuesday is the last day for public comment.

The visit comes one week after the Environmental Protection Agency rolled back greenhouse gas regulations on American power plants.

A new report from NPR and Boston University suggests that the average number of heat-related deaths in North Carolina each year is almost 18 times what the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have recorded.

A concert in Yancey County gave Hurricane Helene survivors an opportunity to share their experiences with the storm.