MOREHEAD CITY — All three state commissions reviewing the 2021 Coastal Habitat Protection Plan amendment have granted their approval, moving t…

ATLANTIC BEACH — Atlantic Beach officials are seeking federal funds through a state-administrated program to improve local water quality.

MOREHEAD CITY — Coastal Carolina Riverwatch has completed drafts for three of five assessments on priority water quality concerns and is worki…

MOREHEAD CITY — A recent survey of area commercial and recreational fishermen by Coastal Carolina Riverwatch found their two top water quality…

OCEAN — A costal environmental group and global non-government organization recommend non-regulatory, nature-based solutions to protecting Nor…

NEWPORT — Plastic pollution is a widespread problem throughout the world’s oceans and waterways, and environmentalists encourage people, busin…

MOREHEAD CITY — Environment North Carolina and Coastal Carolina Riverwatch encourage coastal residents to take action to improve water quality…

EMERALD ISLE — Eighth-grader Noah Swindell of Raleigh, whose family has a summer home in Emerald Isle, was concerned about the effects of plas…

NEWPORT — A Carteret County-based environmental nonprofit has released a statewide plan to address stormwater flooding through nature-based pr…

MOREHEAD CITY —Plastic pollution is a serious threat to the ocean environment, as well as to people, and more effort is needed to address the issue.