Environment
-
Good News Friday: Eric Church is giving away homes in western North Carolina
County star Eric Church rings in the Helene anniversary the right way. Plus, 9 North Carolina hotels land a Micheline star.
-
NC judge rules Chatham County data center can go forward despite moratorium
A Chatham County data center project will move forward despite the county’s moratorium, following a court decision.
-
Conservationists in NC just saved 121 biodiverse acres next to Chimney Rock State Park
A “biodiverse” property near Chimney Rock State Park could have been developed. Conservationists stepped in.
-
Two years after Helene, a county-by-county breakdown of recovery in western NC
Only 14% of more than 2,900 recovery projects western NC submitted to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are in the “closeout” stage two years after Helene.
-
Good News Friday: Why NC’s $590 million PFAS settlement with DuPont, Chemours is such a big deal
Attorney General Jeff Jackson said Thursday that the state’s reached a deal with DuPont and Chemours that will see the corporations pay out $590 million to the state and 11 local municipalities over PFAS contamination in North Carolina.
-
It’s peak hurricane season in NC. So where are the storms?
Today is the “climatological peak of the Atlantic hurricane season.” But unlike previous years, this hurricane season has brought a historically low number of hurricanes to the Atlantic.
-
Helene killed his wife and destroyed his mobile home. New tenants are now renting the same flood-prone land.
Why mobile homes in North Carolina are put in harm’s way time and again.
-
G20 in Asheville ignores climate’s role in Helene
The Trump administration, and the G20’s entire agenda, omitted a major reason why Helene caused unprecedented damage in western NC—climate change.
-
Here’s what happened at the G20 talks in Asheville
Nearly two years after Tropical Storm Helene caused $60 billion in damage, a Trump official offered no new federal recovery commitment at the G20 meetings in Asheville.
-
Time to look up NC stargazers. Peak times for lunar eclipse, full moon
North Carolina and much of North America will be able to view a partial lunar eclipse this week as the August full moon rises.
