Department of Environmental Quality

The Moriah Energy Center is a liquified natural gas storage facility under construction in Person County. Some community worry the project will cause toxic air and water pollution.

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 .

The Moriah Energy Center is a planned liquified natural gas storage facility. Dominion Energy says the project is needed to increasing customer demand. Some community worry the facility will cause air and water pollution.

The police headquarters for the town of Chapel Hill is currently located at 828 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. In 2013, toxic coal ash was discovered on this site. A new draft agreement on how to move forward with this property is now available for public comment.

State environmental officials are working to adopt groundwater and surface water standards for toxic chemicals known as PFAS. But the rule making process is taking longer than expected.

North Carolina environmental regulators say it could take until the end of the year to determine how to clean up lead contamination at five public parks in Durham.

The state Groundwater and Waste Management Committee did not take up a vote during Wednesday's meeting to move forward with groundwater standards for PFAS. This comes after the North Carolina Chamber asked state officials to delay action on adopting these standards.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper's pick to lead the state's environmental agency appears doomed in the state Senate, where Republicans on a key committee formally opposed the Democrat's choice on Wednesday.

North Carolina environmental officials say Colonial Pipeline significantly underestimated the amount of gasoline that spilled in Huntersville in August, and they've ordered the company to provide a new number.

A new report finds the North Carolina General Assembly cut funding for the state Department of Environmental Quality by approximately 34 percent over a…