Judicial Watch: Constitutional Ruling Put on Hold
Judicial Watch: Constitutional Ruling Put on Hold As expected, a state Court of Appeals panel has granted legislative Republicans’ request to delay a lower court’s ruling throwing out last fall’s voter-approved constitutional amendments requiring voter ID and a lower cap on the income tax rate. Announced last week, the appellate ruling stays Wake County Superior […]
Executive Watch: Cooper Proposes Greener Budget
Executive Watch: Cooper Proposes Greener Budget In his annual budget proposal to the General Assembly, Gov. Roy Cooper included dramatic funding increases for water pollution control and public health protection. And unlike the previous two years, he’ll now have the leverage to negotiate some of these items into the final budget, thanks to the election […]
Conservationists: An Environmental Champion for Congress
Conservationists: An Environmental Champion for Congress The race to represent North Carolina’s Ninth Congressional District may be in chaos on one side of the ballot, but environmental advocates already have a champion in the contest — Dan McCready. McCready fell just short of winning the district outright last fall, despite the massive absentee voter fraud […]
Around The State: Duke U Threatens Light Rail Plan
Around The State: Duke U Threatens Light Rail Plan A light rail project supported by public officials, disadvantaged communities, and voters in both Durham and Orange counties is imminently endangered by opposition from one wealthy private institution: Duke University. With plan submission deadlines looming, Duke University President Vincent Price said that Duke would not permit […]
Washington Watch: Senate Confirms Coal Lobbyist at EPA
Washington Watch: Senate Confirms Coal Lobbyist at EPA With the support of both of North Carolina’s U.S. Senators, a narrow majority of the Senate voted to confirm climate change denier and former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The confirmation vote was a narrow 52-47, with opposing senators from […]
Campaign Watch: Burr, Tillis Fail the Green Test
Campaign Watch: Burr, Tillis Fail the Green Test North Carolina’s two United States Senators, Richard Burr and Thom Tillis, recorded woeful scores on the 2018 National Environmental Scorecard released last week by the national League of Conservation Voters (LCV). Tillis — who is up for re-election in 2020 — voted the right way on a […]
NCLCV Announces Delegation Scores from LCV’s 2018 Environmental Scorecard
NCLCV Announces Delegation Scores from LCV’s 2018 Environmental Scorecard Despite recent inquiry on offshore oil, Tillis’ score tells the true story of his environmental record RALEIGH, N.C.— Today, the North Carolina League of Conservation Voters (NCLCV) released the state delegation’s scores on the League of Conservation Voters’ 2018 National Environmental Scorecard. The Scorecard is the […]
Education & Resources: North Carolina Could Soon Feel Like Florida or Mexico
Education & Resources: North Carolina Could Soon Feel Like Florida or Mexico Think North Carolina summers are already hot enough? Just wait a couple decades, and climate change will have you pining for the good old days of 2019. According to an interactive map data prepared by researchers from the University of Maryland and NC […]
Administrative Watch: Chemours Agrees to New Terms
Administrative Watch: Chemours Agrees to New Terms Last week, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) reached a new consent order with Chemours and Cape Fear River Watch which will strengthen their previous agreement to better regulate GenX emissions. Environmental advocates called the revised order “an important first step” in dealing with the company’s […]
Washington Watch: Supreme Court Will Hear Key Clean Water Case
Washington Watch: Supreme Court Will Hear Key Clean Water Case The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether the Clean Water Act has a role in regulating groundwater pollution. The case has the potential to gut key federal clean water protections. Continuing a disturbing trend from recent decades, another long-established environmental protection is under […]
