Press Releases

People are invited to provide their comments on a proposed cleanup plan for the former DuPont manufacturing facility in Brevard.

North Carolina beachgoers may be asked to participate in a survey about public beach and waterfront access this summer.

The state environmental department today released proposed classifications for all coal ash ponds in North Carolina, while at the same time asking the General Assembly to allow the reconsideration of those classifications 18 months from now.  The classifications are based on the current risk

The Joint Law Enforcement Agreement Advisory Group will meet at 5 p.m. June 1 at the Craven County Agricultural Center, 300 Industrial Drive, New Bern.

The advisory group will discuss whether the state should enter into a joint law enforcement agreement with the federal government.

Natural resources in the Albemarle-Pamlico Sound region provide greater and more diverse economic benefits than previously thought, according to a new report.

The North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission will meet May 18-20 at the Crystal Coast Civic Center, 3505 Arendell St., Morehead City.

The Local Advisory Committee for the Rachel Carson component of the N.C. National Estuarine Research Reserve will meet at 3:30 p.m. May 17 at the NOAA/NCNERR Administration Building, 101 Pivers Island Rd., Beaufort, N.C. On the agenda will be the results of a reserve shoreline analysis.

Seventeen counties in the western part of the state are experiencing a moderate drought due to lack of adequate rainfall, according to Thursday’s federal drought map. The last time any part of the state experienced drought conditions was September 2015.

The state environmental department announced today it will discontinue the SolarBee project after 21 months of data indicated no significant improvement in water quality.

The Alamance County town of Ossipee will gain an additional 100,000 gallons of water capacity now that a five-mile section of waterline that connects the town with the city of Burlington’s water system is complete.