"What happens next carries real urgency." Industry leaders call for urgent overhaul of power plant rules: 'These regulations ...

Coal ash, which contains arsenic, heavy metals and radioactive elements, is stirring unease in this town of 50,000, one of ...

Duke’s North Carolina ash ponds are apparently still leaking more than 3 million gallons a day near rivers and lakes. Duke in December reported 200 seeps at its 14 coal-fired power plants but ...

The proposed settlement set to be filed Monday with the North Carolina Utilities Commission would slash customers’ costs for closing coal-ash ponds by about $1.1 billion through 2030 ...

Approximately 60,000 cubic yards — roughly the equivalent of 46 Olympic-sized swimming pools — of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill’s toxic coal ash was dumped in a large pit at 828 Martin ...

Governor Josh Stein celebrated Earth Day at Eno River State Park, emphasizing North Carolina's natural beauty and the ...

Valerie Bauerlein is a national reporter who writes about small-town America and Southern politics, economics and culture.

A bill that would unravel North Carolina’s 2021 landmark climate law has won praise from major industrial groups, some of ...

Wealthy Carolina Town Worries There’s Danger Lurking Under Its Lawns For decades, utilities across the nation sold waste coal ash to developers ... in Chapel Hill, North Carolina has varied ...