The 2017 Long Session: Poison Pills and Poisoned Water
Expanding Solar at the Expense of Wind During the 2017 long session, the General Assembly unveiled House Bill 589, “Competitive Energy Solutions for NC.” The bill was crafted from nearly a year of intensive negotiations between competing interests in the energy sphere. Lawmakers sought input from a wide variety of stakeholders, including utility executives, solar […]
A Message from Our Director
Dear Conservation Voter, This is the first time in NCLCV history in which our Legislative Scorecard features the Story of the Biennium: an overview of the 2017 long session hand in hand with the 2018 short session. In doing so, we have created a comprehensive evaluation of the 2017-18 General Assembly’s legislative activity regarding environmental […]
Conservation Action: Share Our Scorecard!
Conservation Action: Share Our Scorecard! Concerned about the protection of our environment and public health in North Carolina? Worried that we are losing our last best chance to prevent catastrophic climate change? Then don’t just sit there! Vote, take your family and friends to vote, and do at least this one more thing: Help educate […]
Legislative Watch: Recovery Bill Ignores Resiliency Measures
Legislative Watch: Recovery Bill Ignores Resiliency Measures Last week, legislators approved more funding to address the immediate impacts of historic hurricane damage, but continued to ignore the steps needed to reduce future disasters. Gov. Roy Cooper had proposed a funding package that included pollution-preventing measures such as: An expanded hog farm buyout program to move […]
Campaign Watch: Environmental Scorecard Shows Sorry Legislative Records
Campaign Watch: Environmental Scorecard Shows Sorry Legislative Records From special privileges for the world’s biggest corporate hog polluter, to placing new restrictions on the use of water quality research to protect public health, most sitting North Carolina state legislators posted failing grades in NCLCV’s newest scorecard assessing the 2017 and 2018 legislative sessions. “The last […]
NCLCV Releases 2018 Environmental Legislative Scorecard
Where did legislators rank on North Carolina’s environmental priorities in 2018? NCLCV releases its latest scorecard assessing the 2017 and 2018 sessions RALEIGH, N.C.—A day before early voting begins, the North Carolina League of Conservation Voters released its latest annual scorecard taking a comprehensive look at where every legislator stood on the environmental issues most […]
Legislative Watch: Cooper Will Recommend “Smarter” Rebuilding
Legislative Watch: Cooper Will Recommend “Smarter” Rebuilding Gov. Roy Cooper indicates that he will recommend rules for smarter reconstruction of flooded properties as a part of his storm recovery package in the special legislative session scheduled to begin today (Monday, October 15). Cooper released a proposal to fund $750 million of an eventual $1.5 billion […]
Campaign Watch: LCV, Conservation Votes Announce New Efforts
Campaign Watch: LCV, Conservation Votes Announce New Efforts Last week, both the national League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Victory Fund and the North Carolina state-level Conservation Votes PAC announced major investments to support pro-environment candidates in several key races. LCV Victory Fund announced a $266,000 independent expenditure investment opposing the re-election of incumbent U.S. Rep. […]
Conservation Action: Help Get Out the Vote
Conservation Action: Help Get Out the Vote Coal ash. GenX. Hog waste. A wind energy ban. Offshore drilling. Constitutional amendments which threaten our right to vote and to enjoy clean air and water. Common-sense health protections being rolled back left and right. A new climate report with dire warnings about our planet’s future. “This election […]
Statement on Sen. Michael Lee’s Environmental Record
Statement from Elizabeth Redenbaugh, NCLCV Board Member and Wilmington Resident, on Sen. Michael Lee (R-Wilmington) Environmental Record Michael Lee is running ads claiming that he is “fighting for clean water.” That’s false. We’d like to correct the record. Sen. Lee had a 0 NCLCV score in the 2017-18 legislative sessions, reflecting his failure to adequately […]
