Press Releases

This week, Governor Roy Cooper wrote to urge President Donald Trump and his administration to include North Carolina in the recently announced moratorium on oil drilling for the next ten years.

Governor Roy Cooper today offered the following comment in response to WesternGeco’s decision to withdraw its permit application for seismic testing Thursday.

Governor Roy Cooper today announced that North Carolina will continue to fight against seismic testing along the state’s coast.

Governor Roy Cooper announced today that North Carolina has awarded nearly $30 million to replace 111 school buses and 16 transit buses and to install 33 zero emission vehicle (ZEV) fast charging stations across the state.

Governor Roy Cooper announced today $194 million in loans and grants to help pay for 54 drinking water and wastewater projects.

Governor Roy Cooper made a statement after Atlantic Coast Pipeline owners announced the project was cancelled.

In a letter last week to State Board of Education Chairman Eric Davis, Gov. Cooper reiterated his opposition to the Innovative School District, or ISD, and asked that the Board prioritize in its short session budget request the supports needed to help North Carolina’s lowest performing schools improve.

Governor Roy Cooper’s Climate Change Interagency Council presented four key plans related to clean energy and climate change to the Governor today.

Governor Roy Cooper is committed to policies that help North Carolina combat climate change.

Today Governor Cooper joined DEQ Secretary Michael S. Regan to discusscoastal resiliency and clean energy with coastal mayors and county leaders at the North Carolina Estuarium in Washington, NC