RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 24 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: * * * Changes to 18 Marine Fisheries Rules became effective today Changes to 18 Marine Fisheries Commission rules became effective today. Among the changes, five of the rules pertain to data collection and harassment prevention for the conservation of marine and estuarine resources, and one rule makes the administration of shellfish leases more efficient. Changes to t  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, March 24 -- Wake Forest University posted the following news: * * * Claudia Vega named 2025 TED Fellow for work on mercury pollution in the Amazon Claudia Vega, a Fellow at Wake Forest University's Sabin Family Center for Environment and Sustainability, has been selected as a 2025 TED Fellow for her groundbreaking work on the environmental and human health impacts of mercury pollution from illegal gold mining in the Amazon. Vega spearheads research on mercury'  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 25 -- The North Carolina Republican Party issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: NEW Op-Ed! North Carolina's historic rejection of Democrats North Carolina Republican Party Chairman Jason Simmons writes in North State Journal that North Carolina is rejecting Democrats because our policies work! Selected excerpts: "Whether it's the economy, public safety or education, Democrats have failed to lead and failed to implement policies to help North Carolin  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- George Washington University posted the following news: * * * Media Tip Sheet: Wildfires Rage in the Carolinas, State of Emergency Declared At least three wildfires have broken out in a rural North Carolina county, leading to evacuations and emergency declarations and destroying at least three homes and other buildings. These fires come as much of western North Carolina is still recovering from flooding driven by Hurricane Helene six months ago. In recent weeks, se  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 25 -- The North Carolina State Treasurer issued the following news release on March 24, 2025: * * * Jeff Poley Named Interim Division Head Will Oversee State and Local Government Finance Division State Treasurer Brad Briner announced today that Jeff Poley will be the interim State and Local Government Finance Division director (SLGFD). This comes after current Deputy Treasurer Debbie Tomasko announced her departure earlier this month. Poley is currently respons  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 24 -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: * * * Novel Material Holds Promise for Tech to Convert CO2 Into Fuel Researchers have developed a novel combination of materials that have organic and inorganic properties, with the goal of using them in technologies that convert carbon dioxide from the atmosphere into a liquid fuel. "Fundamentally, the goal of this project was to engineer a surface that would allow us to efficiently conve  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * RECESS RECAP: Susan Collins and Thom Tillis Take Heat Over Refusal to Meet with Constituents, Support for Gutting Medicaid In case you missed it, last week vulnerable Republican Senators Susan Collins and Thom Tillis faced protests over their support for Donald Trump and Senate Republicans' disastrous plan to gut Medicaid in order to hand a tax break to billionaires. In Maine and Nort  more