Martha Quillin
Faith and Society Reporter at The News & Observer
Faith and Society Reporter at Smithfield Herald
carolina culture & faith reporter for raleigh @newsobserver.
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6 days ago |
charlotteobserver.com | Martha Quillin
North Carolina lawmakers have approved a bill to let Duke Energy delay planned carbon-emissions reductions and also allow the utility to charge rate-payers for new power plants before they're built. The company and supporters of the bill say the changes will save customers money. Critics say the state is backing away from its commitment to clean energy, which can slow climate change.
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1 week ago |
newsobserver.com | Martha Quillin
President Donald Trump's recent remarks that he would like to dismantle the Federal Emergency Management Agency when this year's hurricane season is over has some in North Carolina worried the state couldn't afford to pay for another major disaster.
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1 week ago |
newsobserver.com | Martha Quillin
The governors of North and South Carolina sent a letter Monday, June 16, 2025, to the Trump administration asking that it not allow exploration and drilling for oil and gas off the two states' coasts. U.S. Geological Survey North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein and South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster joined together Monday asking the Trump administration not to lift its moratorium on oil and gas drilling off the two states' coasts.
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2 weeks ago |
charlotteobserver.com | Martha Quillin
Front Street in Beaufort is one of several roads in coastal North Carolina that flood more frequently than weather forecasts predict, a pair of researchers found. The street is shown here in during a November 2019 nor'easter, but the road often floods during minor rain events. Town of Beaufort Roadway sensors recorded floods up to five times more often than NOAA forecasts. Tide gauges failed to detect inland flooding duration and road-level impacts.
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2 weeks ago |
clevelandbanner.com | Martha Quillin
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Helene was a mighty storm, but the North Carolina mountain communities that have reemerged from the mud are proving they’re stronger. Nearly all of the region that was affected by Helene has reopened and is welcoming tourists: a coffee shop that was washed out here, a barbecue joint that was flooded there, a hiking trail that, a few months ago, was impassable for a tangle of downed trees.
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