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A new funding opportunity is available for a North Carolina grad student to study these habitats developing across the state’s East Coast.

Environmental groups are sounding the alarm about a bill moving in the state Senate. They say it could lead to more water pollution and make it easier to build new natural gas pipelines and hog farms.

The bill, which advanced through the Senate Agriculture, Energy and Environment Committee on Wednesday, would change statutory language from "renewable" to "clean" energy.

Ian will continue to weaken near the North Carolina-Virginia border through late today, according to the 11 a.m. report from the National Hurricane Center.

Hurricane Ian made landfall in South Carolina this afternoon and is expected to reach North Carolina tonight.

Follow live updates from ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾ staff as Ian moves across South and North Carolina.

Hurricane Ian made landfall Wednesday afternoon near Cayo Costa, Florida as a Category 4 hurricane.

Iguanas didn’t always fall out of trees during cold snaps in the Sunshine State, but chances are, future generations will regard them as just a natural part of the landscape. With the world changing around us at a rapidly increasing rate, how do we set conservation goals when we can't keep track of what we’ve lost?