Federal officials are praising a program in the McCrory administration’s environmental agency for its success at helping small businesses save money and protect the environment.
Governor McCrory has signed into law a bill that requires Duke Energy to provide w
The state’s marine fisheries division will hold two meetings this month to explain new flounder permit and reporting requirements for pound net fishermen and fish dealers.
The meetings will be held as follows:
The state environmental department commends Governor Pat McCrory for signing a law that sets enforceable deadlines for Duke Energy to provide alternate water supplies to well owners near coal ash ponds.
The state environmental agency will host a public information session in Eden on July 27 to inform residents of Duke Energy’s plans to construct and operate a new lined landfill to safely store coal ash at its Dan River Steam Station in Rockingham County.
The North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission will meet July 12-13 at the NOAA/NERR Administration Building Auditorium, 101 Pivers Island in Beaufort. The meeting will begin at 1:15 p.m. on July 12 and 9 a.m. on July 13. The meeting is open to the public.
The New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office and the state’s coastal management agency are urging the public to act responsibly this weekend during the July Fourth holiday at the Masonboro Island Reserve.
Severe drought has returned to North Carolina for the first time since September 2015 as rainfall deficits continue to impact the southwestern mountains.
Coastal recreational fishermen hooked more fish in North Carolina in 2015 than they did in 2014.
The state environmental department will hold a public hearing June 22 in Hickory to hear comments on a draft modified wastewater discharge permit for Duke Energy’s Marshall Steam Station.