Environment

Thursday night, the city hosted a town hall that brought together city staff, environmental advocates and industry representatives to address local concerns.

Sustainability think tank Frontier Group and advocacy group Environment North Carolina released a report that found that the state’s schools could host 900 megawatts of solar energy.

Every year, tens of thousands of seasonal farmworkers come from abroad to work in North Carolina, harvesting everything from tobacco to sweet potatoes. But this year, those migrant workers returned to do the same work for less pay.

Catawba and Davidson colleges partnered with Queens University to install four bird-tracking radio towers this past winter. As of last month, they’re all connected to a larger mapping network called Motus.

A summer day in Charlotte was more likely to be mild 47 years ago. It’s part of an overall warming trend in the region as global temperatures rise.

The North Carolina Weatherization Assistance Program upgrades homes to help them conserve energy. That includes replacing insulation, sealing windows and doors and repairing heating and cooling systems.

July was the hottest month on record in the United States. Here's how summer heat is changing the Carolinas and our bodies.

In April, one state regulator hit pause on Duke Energy’s 2026 solar procurement process, halting the bidding for new solar farms. Clean energy groups made their case Monday for why this action was unlawful.

Duke Energy earned $2.6 billion in the first half of the year, up almost 12% from a year ago. Tuesday’s earnings call comes weeks after Duke Energy Carolinas partially backed off its rate-hike request and slashed its return-on-equity demand.

As the halfway point for Charlotte City Council’s 150-day data center moratorium approaches, here’s what city staff have done since June and what they plan to do.