North Carolina is using $30.1 million from its share of the Volkswagen settlement to replace “some of the dirtiest diesel buses in the state.”

The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission approved a rulemaking that could result in the state joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper signed on to a letter to President Biden, urging “all new passenger cars and light-duty trucks sold are zero-emission no later than 2035.”

Environmental advocates say North Carolina's upcoming decision on joining the RGGI could be critical to its efforts to cut carbon emissions 70% by 2030.

North Carolina’s electric cooperatives are outdistancing the state’s investor-owned utilities in microgrid deployment.

Electric vehicle sales in North Carolina grew by 5% in 2020 while nationwide sales dropped 3% during the COVID-19 pandemic.