Environment

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.

A group of Yancey and Mitchell county musicians held a concert Friday night to commemorate the second anniversary of Hurricane Helene.

North Carolina’s state wildlife agency is stocking fewer trout this fall. That’s bad news for the hundreds of thousands of people who flock to western North Carolina to fish.

City Council member Kimberly Owens proclaimed in Monday’s City Council meeting that the spring and fall seasons are “Bird Safe Awareness Months,” encouraging residents and businesses to turn out nonessential lights between 11 p.m. and 6 p.m. while birds migrate overhead.

A group of students, parents and energy experts is making the financial case for going green in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.

County staff presented a new sustainability report for the last fiscal year. The report highlighted several successes, including the expansion of county recycling programs and air quality compliance.

The city and county directed COVID-19 relief funds to Carolina Farm Trust, which planned to open a store and distribution center in a longtime food desert. But the nonprofit ceased most of its operations in July.

The North Carolina Division of Air Quality issued two air quality permits: One for the data center’s backup power generation and one for Duke Energy’s generators to power the project during construction.