The public is invited to a series of public meetings next week to provide feedback on Duke Energy’s draft plans to close coal ash impoundments at four high-priority facilities: Asheville Steam Electric Plant, Dan River Steam Station, Riverbend Steam Station and the Sutton Steam Plant.
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A court has granted the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s motion to withdraw from an ongoing legal challenge to part of the federal Clean Power Plan.
State environmental officials are conducting a nationwide search for a director for the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries.
The policy board for the Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership, or APNEP, has named its new leadership team for the next two years.
Local advisory committees for four coastal reserves will meet in March. The meetings are open to the public.
North Carolina commercial fishermen in the central and southern coastal area may receive a survey conducted by the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries.
The N.C. Coastal Reserve and National Estuarine Research Reserve will hold a public meeting at 6 p.m. March 9 in Beaufort to seek input on a proposal for a public hunting permit system for the Rachel Carson Reserve.
The 2017 ozone season starts today, as state and local environmental agencies renew their daily air quality forecasts for ozone in metropolitan areas across North Carolina.
The N.C. Division of Coastal Management recently announced the availability of $100,000 in grants to local governments in 20 coastal counties for projects during fiscal year 2017-2018.
N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Secretary Michael Regan requested today that a court allow the department to withdraw from an ongoing legal challenge to part of the federal Clean Power Plan.