Press Releases

For the first time since the drought of 2008, exceptional drought conditions have moved into Clay and Cherokee counties, the two most western counties in North Carolina.

Officials with the state environmental department are asking for public feedback on draft permits that aim to protect water quality at Duke Energy’s W.H. Weatherspoon Plant.

The state environmental agency will hold a public hearing Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016 on a draft water quality permit that would serve as a critical step toward safely closing coal ash ponds at Duke Energy’s Rogers Energy Complex.

Governor Pat McCrory announced today that more than $945,000 in grants has been awarded for nine projects that will help North Carolina communities restore streams, reduce flooding and erosion, aid in stormwater management, provide recreational opportunities and benefit the state’s water resource

The Elizabeth City office of the Divisions of Coastal Management and Marine Fisheries is closing for facility repairs and will remain closed for an undetermined amount of time.

As the 2016 ozone season comes to an end, North Carolina is fully complying with the new, more stringent ozone standard that the federal Environmental Protection Agency adopted last year, state environmental officials said in recent

State environmental officials visited Harnett County this week to tour a temporary storm debris site that was opened to help local residents clean up after Hurricane Matthew.

Local Advisory Committees for six coastal reserves will meet in November. The meetings are open to the public.

The state environmental department issued a permit this week that will require Duke Energy to safely dispose of coal ash at the Dan River Steam Station in Eden.

The state marine fisheries agency will hold a public hearing on proposed shellfish bottom and water column leases in Dare County at 6 p.m. on Nov. 2 at the Fessenden Center, 46830 N.C. 12, Buxton.