NC DEQ

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper's environmental secretary for over three years is stepping down before Cooper's second term ends and is being replaced by a veteran state government administrator.

State environmental regulators are requiring several municipalities in the Cape Fear River Basin to

State Attorney General Josh Stein has made his case for why he opposes rollbacks to a federal rule that expanded protections of the Clean Water Act.

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality is ordering Duke Energy to remove coal ash from all of its North Carolina power plant sites, including Belews Creek in Stokes County.

The public will have a chance weigh in on new risk classifications and closure options for some Duke Energy coal ash sites.