Supporters call the changes modernization; critics warn they could weaken safeguards in the Toxic Substances Control Act, the ...

A state court has ruled against Asheboro and said that North Carolina can limit a so-called “forever chemical” in municipal sewage discharges, reversing an earlier administrative law court ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson is joining other Democrats in challenging the Trump administration’s proposal to ease ...

The move has drawn criticism from environmental groups and activists, who argue it prioritizes industry over public health. While federal action stalls, efforts to regulate PFAS are ongoing at the ...

North Carolina's Department of Environmental Quality, along with the environmental departments for New Jersey and New Mexico, pushed the Environmental Protection Agency to add four PFAS – known as ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WECT) - North Carolina, New Mexico and New Jersey’s environmental departments are asking the Environmental Protection Agency to designate four PFAS chemicals as Hazardous Air Pollutants ...

Instead of developing an enforceable surface water standard that would limit industrial discharge of forever chemicals across the state, the N.C. Environmental Management Commission’s water quality ...

The Cape Fear River Basin is the source of drinking water for 1.5 million North Carolina residents. It is also where three municipal governments — Asheboro, Greensboro and Reidsville — are legally ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced plans to delay the rollout of new regulations for some "forever chemicals" like GenX. The move comes as the Trump administration moves quickly to ...