transportation
How fossil fuels won round one of North Carolina’s Volkswagen settlement payout
Legislative politics, industry influence, and financial pressures from an aging bus fleet helped shape spending.
North Carolina
In North Carolina, clean energy groups reach truce on Duke Energy grid plan
Groups say they will drop their opposition to half the Duke Energy’s grid improvement plan if the utility agrees to consider climate change in future grid planning.
electric vehicles
North Carolina lawmakers’ dispute over VW funds is finally settled — for now
After a three-year political struggle over spending authority, state lawmakers approved a plan with little fanfare.
efficiency
Popular energy-savings measure sidelined again in North Carolina Senate
A bill to require state-run buildings to conserve electricity and water has been lodged in a Senate committee for over a year.
North Carolina
What will Duke Energy’s climate report mean for North Carolina?
Critics fear the report charts a business-as-usual pathway that conflicts with the state’s energy goals.