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Hundreds of communities across North Carolina are burdened by multiple pollution sources

The North Carolina governor issued an executive order on Tuesday that will expand the state’s Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board to 20 members, establish new actions for the cabinet agencies and set up a new website.

NC Gov Cooper’s newest executive order directs state agencies to create a map showing where communities face heightened environmental risks.

The vetoed legislation includes a wide-reaching regulatory reform bill and legislation that is meant to help nuclear energy projects.

Republicans will now make up the majority of the Environmental Management Commission at a time when they’re making consequential decisions.

An advisory alerting people to PFAS contamination in certain fish species that inhabit the middle and lower Cape Fear River basin brings more bad news for people living in the region.

An advisory alerting people to PFAS contamination in fish species that inhabit the middle and lower Cape Fear River basin is unwelcome news.

The sweeping Supreme Court ruling has redirected regulatory power away from the federal government. Experts worry states aren't up to the challenge.

A N.C. Department of Environmental Quality analysis said as many as 2.5 million acres of wetlands could be at risk under the new law.

NC legislators are considering changing the state’s wetlands definition to match the federal government’s, which the Supreme Court sharply limited.