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Trump executive orders cause concern for North Carolina environmental community • NC Newsline
North Carolina environmental advocates are worried about the flurry of executive orders that President Donald Trump signed within hours of returning to the White House this week.
The mandates include removing the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement — a move that reprises an action from Trump’s first term — and declaring a “national energy emergency.“
The initial U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement — a landmark international pact that aims to limit global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius — lasted only four months. Although Trump declared his intentions in 2017, the formalities didn’t occur until late 2020. The U.S. reentered the accord during the Biden administration in 2021.
During that brief period, however, the withdrawal harmed international climate diplomacy and tarred the U.S.’s reputation on the world stage, TIME reported.
Advocates voiced concerns about the latest action and its consequences for North Carolina and the U.S., as well as the global implications.
“That puts us up there with countries like Libya and Iran, that have not joined the Paris Accords, and that’s usually a list that we don’t want to be part of,” North Carolina League of Conservation Voters governmental relations director Dan Crawford said. “The United States has led by example, and that’s not going to happen anymore.”
Some environmental advocates are questioning the legality of Trump’s actions — whether he’s able to take such drastic measures on the environmental front.
Even so, there’s worry over the impacts.
“Though the legal ground he stands upon is shaky, the damage this administration could do to our environment and our children’s future over the next four years is unspeakable,” Erin Carey, the North Carolina Sierra Club’s state conservation policy director, said in a statement. “For those of us who value clean air, clean water, and a livable planet for future generations, Monday, Jan. 20, was a dark and frightening moment.”
Trump’s other environment-oriented executive orders target, among other things, deemphasizing the development of electric vehicles and encouraging fossil fuel drilling, freezing environmental protections rules, and seeking to prohibit offshore wind projects.
He’s also reversed a series of orders adopted by the Biden administration that incorporated environmental justice into federal policymaking — measures that were lauded by advocates in the environmental community.
“Trump’s executive orders read like an industry fever dream: no protections, no limits, no rules,” Carey said.
Climate issues are taking center stage in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene wreaked catastrophic damage in western North Carolina at the end of last September.
Recovery efforts are still underway, with natural disaster aid and oversight as top priorities for the state legislature’s 2025 session.
Extreme weather events associated with climate change and their destructive impacts have occurred in other portions of the country in recent weeks including drought- and wind-driven fires in Southern California and the ongoing record cold in parts of the southern U.S.
“We need to be the leaders on clean energy. We need to be the leaders facing climate change,” Crawford said. “Scientists have warned and warned and warned us that we need to do something.”
Trump is scheduled to visit the hurricane-damaged western portion of the state on Friday. Specific details around the trip have not been released as of Thursday midday, but Buncombe County officials warned of “significant traffic impacts” to the Asheville area, according to the Asheville Citizen Times.
Jen Duggan, executive director of the Environmental Integrity Project, said the executive orders will “expose Americans to more dangerous air and water pollution and fuel climate catastrophes.”
From an economic standpoint, the mandates benefit large corporations while hurting individuals, she added.
“While these orders do nothing to address voter concerns about cost-of-living affordability, they will increase already astronomical profits for fossil fuel companies at the expense of everyday Americans,” Duggan said.
At least two people are dead and “several” others are injured after a “planned fight” at a North Carolina park escalated into a mass shooting, authorities said.
Police have identified several victims and suspects after Monday’s shooting at Leinbach Park near Jefferson Middle School, according to the Winston-Salem Police Department.
Authorities confirmed there were multiple victims in the shooting, but did not provide an exact number. The suspects were still at large over two hours later.
Officers were called to the park just before 10 a.m. after reports of a fight, which then escalated into multiple people shooting each other.
Area schools are not in lockdown, and classes are operating as normal, police said.
“Due to the number of people involved, efforts are ongoing to account for everyone. At this time, some of those involved in the incident are juveniles,” police said.
According to local news station WFMY, at least three people were taken to the hospital. Officials have not shared their conditions.
Police said the shooting was an isolated incident and remains under investigation.
This is a developing story
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Are you a winner? Here’s how to claim your lottery prize
All North Carolina Lottery retailers will redeem prizes up to $599.
For prizes over $599, winners can submit winning tickets through the mail or in person at North Carolina Lottery Offices. By mail, send a prize claim form, your signed lottery ticket, copies of a government-issued photo ID and social security card to: North Carolina Education Lottery, P.O. Box 41606, Raleigh, NC 27629. Prize claims less than $600 do not require copies of photo ID or a social security card.
To submit in person, sign the back of your ticket, fill out a prize claim form and deliver the form, along with your signed lottery ticket and government-issued photo ID and social security card to any of these locations:
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When are the North Carolina Lottery drawings held?
- Powerball: 10:59 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
- Mega Millions: 11 p.m. Tuesday and Friday.
- Lucky for Life: 10:38 p.m. daily.
- Pick 3, 4: 3:00 p.m. and 11:22 p.m. daily.
- Cash 5: 11:22 p.m. daily.
- Millionaire for Life: 11:15 p.m. daily.
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The North Carolina Tar Heels will be a young program across the board next season, with well over two dozen freshmen and numerous additions from the transfer portal this offseason. Expectations for the 2026 season are lowered dramatically after a disastrous first season for head coach Bill Belichick, though those expectations could help the Tar Heels fly under the radar.
As the Tar Heels approach the end of spring ball, it is time to look at the veterans of the team—the ones who have the experience to lead, especially on the defensive side of the ball. Let’s look at three underrated seniors for the 2026 football season.
Ade Willie, Cornerback
Willie joins the Tar Heels program after four years with Michigan State, as the former 4-star player in the 2022 recruiting class gets an opportunity to not only provide depth to the secondary, but potentially start Week 0 against TCU.
Willie played in over 30 games with the Spartans and brings experience in the secondary at cornerback and safety, along with quality length and closing speed to the football. For a defense that needs players to step up, the redshirt senior from IMG Academy will be asked to do so.
Isaiah Johnson, Defensive Lineman
The defensive line is beginning to look like one of the Tar Heels’ strengths for the 2026 season. Johnson, a former transfer from Arizona, enters his redshirt senior year looking to add another year of production after 40 tackles and two sacks this past season.
North Carolina has an impressive group of starters with Malkart Abou-Jaoude, Leroy Jackson, and incoming transfer Jaylen Harvey. Johnson adds value to the group as a run defender with the ability to penetrate the pocket. While not discussed as a key player, Johnson’s name will be used plenty during the regular season as a potential standout for the program’s defensive front.
Coleman Bryson, Safety
Bryson was a reserve player for the Tar Heels’ secondary last season as a big nickel defender in the rotation. Heading into his redshirt senior year, the former Minnesota Gopher is looking to become a full-time starter in the secondary.
It wasn’t long ago when Bryson was making plays as the 2022 Pinstripe Bowl Defensive MVP. His special teams abilities were valuable for North Carolina last season, and he flashed at times in coverage against tight ends, including a pass breakup in the season-opener against TCU. The Waynesville, North Carolina, native could be a key defender on the back-seven in 2026.
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