EPA

Nine months after Helene, western North Carolina is bracing for another hurricane season. Residents are speaking out about the dangers of climate change-fueled severe weather in the face of recent federal regulation rollbacks.

The EPA is giving employees a second chance to accept offers of deferred resignation or retirement, people familiar with the matter. In the Southeast,1,000 employees have already left the agency since the beginning of the year.

A push by North Carolina’s powerful industry groups has some worried pollution in Asheboro and elsewhere will go unchecked.

North Carolina received millions of dollars from the federal government for clean energy programs like Energy Saver NC and EnergizeNC. Now, the fate of those programs is uncertain as Trump’s federal funding freeze persists — one aspect of the swirling confusion that whipsaw changes to federal programs are having on the state level.

In a 5-4 decision, the court granted the states' application to put the rule on hold while the case proceeds in the lower courts.

The EPA has awarded $53 million in grants for air quality testing in communities around the country, including three in North Carolina. The money will go to areas where pollution and the COVID-19 pandemic have led to environmental and health disparities.

When the U.S. Supreme Court last week limited the EPA's power to fight climate change, it brought an outcry from environmentalists. But experts say the decision was narrow and doesn't rule out further action.

The EPA says a former textile dyeing plant in South Carolina is among a dozen hazardous waste sites nationwide that have been added to the Superfund National Priorities List.

A South Carolina paper mill is now facing a third federal lawsuit from neighbors. The suit filed Tuesday says the plant's emissions are causing pollution and making them sick.

The Environmental Protection Agency has ordered a South Carolina paper mill to come up with a plan for reducing hydrogen sulfide emissions that are causing unpleasant odors.