While pollution from emissions is a global issue, its impact is felt locally too, especially in historically disenfranchised neighborhoods often closest to major pollution sources like highways and industrial sites.
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These rebates can help ease the cost of replacing a heating system with a more efficient one.
Across acre after acre on the North Carolina’s coastal plains stand ghosts of what once was. Instead of green maritime forests, you’ll find marshes filled with bare trees.
After nearly a decade of planning, those in the Outer Banks got their first chance to drive into Rodanthe over the new Jug Handle Bridge
Miles off the coast of the mainland, exposed to the fury and beauty of the Atlantic, the only constant for the Outer Banks is change. The chain of barrier islands has been moving, growing, eroding and reforming for millennia, but those changes don’t always coexist with the development that’s cropped up across the islands over the past several decades.
For the third fall in a row, western North Carolina and much of northwestern South Carolina are experiencing drought conditions.
Community members packed a room in York County for a public hearing related to a proposed solar panel manufacturing facility.
With its reputation as a “Tree City,” Charlotte has often ranked among metro areas with the best tree canopies, though in recent years, there’s been a renewed emphasis on making sure that canopy continues to grow and serves every neighborhood.
Climate change can be a touchy subject. The topic can spark debates between those who believe and those who don’t. It can evoke feelings of stress or guilt, or at the very least, Lisa Perry said many of the folks she talks to, believe bringing up climate change will kill the mood.