Trista Talton

Hemingway wrote masterfully about an aging Cuban fisherman's heartbreak after losing a giant marlin he'd caught to hungry sharks, a problem that is not an emerging issue, as is often perceived, according to a recently published study.

Stein says Environmental Protection Agency's settlement agreement with Chemours on PFAS pollution will likely do little to help North Carolina and that the state Environmental Management Commission and EPA handling of these contaminants were "unfortunate steps."

The Interior Department has announced that Charlotte-based Duke Energy will terminate its offshore wind lease off Bald Head Island and "refocus" the $129 million taxpayer buyout back on fossil fuels and nuclear power.

Environmental groups argue that Martin Marietta’s preferred plan to enlarge its Castle Hayne quarry would permanently destroy 140-plus acres of pristine wetlands and around 10 acres of open water classified by as primary nursery and strategic habitat areas, and essential fish habitat.

Few things infuriate fishermen more than reeling in a hard-fought saltwater fish only to find it half eaten by a shark.

Speakers during an online public hearing Tuesday largely and roundly criticized the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to repeal federal drinking water limits for four per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and delay the deadline for water utilities to comply with limits for related compounds by two years.

North Carolina Coastal Land Trust Executive Director Harrison Marks is officially stepping down as executive director to assume the role of senior adviser for the Wilmington-based nonprofit organization.

New Hanover County residents and environmentalists spoke out Tuesday against Martin Marietta’s planned Castle Hayne quarry mine expansion, urging other alternatives that would lessen threats to water quality, wetlands and aquifer levels.

Deploying trackable floating bottles, researchers are working to better understand how litter gets into waterways and travels downstream, with an effort to pinpoint litter hotspots and identify correlations between storms and the volume of trash that enters individual streams during those storms.

The federal final environmental impact statement for the proposed channel deepening and widening at the N.C. Port of Wilmington is nearing the final approval stage, but Cape Fear area residents and advocates say their objections and questions about potential effects remain unanswered.