Conservation Action: Comment on Coal Ash Rules
Conservation Action: Comment on Coal Ash Rules Conservation advocates have an extended chance this week to comment on rules governing the disposal of coal ash pollution. The public comment period closes this Friday, April 6, on proposed state rules governing the design, construction, and operation of coal ash landfills. The NC Department of Environmental Quality […]
Conservation Events: Green Tie Returns May 23
Conservation Events: Green Tie Returns May 23 Mark your calendars! The Green Tie Awards, NCLCV’s annual event recognizing state legislators and others for outstanding leadership in defense of a clean environment, return for 2018 on May 23 in Raleigh. Green Tie is also one of the most important events each year for the financial support […]
Coast Watch: Return of the “Terminal Groin”
Coast Watch: Return of the “Terminal Groin” The beach-killing idea that will not die is back for another round on the barrier islands of the southern North Carolina coast. So-called “terminal groins,” large rock jetties jutting out from the beach through the surf line, temporarily catch drifting sand in some locations, only to accelerate erosion […]
Judicial Watch: Tribes Sue Over Pipeline, Landowners Win Reprieve
Judicial Watch: Tribes Sue Over Pipeline, Landowners Win Reprieve Tribal and private landowners are fighting back in court against the pipeline companies’ preemptive seizure of their land. The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, one of the largest Native American groups in the state, has petitioned for a delay in Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) development until […]
Legislative Watch: DEQ Tour Opens Legislators’ Eyes
Legislative Watch: DEQ Tour Opens Legislators’ Eyes Last week, state Environmental Quality Secretary Regan opened some legislators’ eyes to his department’s need for more resources to do their critical jobs. Following a meeting last week of the NC House Select Committee on River Quality, NC Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Secretary Michael Regan helped give […]
Around the State: Charlotte Rail Extension Opens
Around the State: Charlotte Rail Extension Opens A decade in the making, the first major extension of Charlotte’s passenger rail system opened last week. Extending the Lynx Blue Line north to UNC-Charlotte, the extension is expected to more than double the system’s total daily average passenger trips. Over 500 riders waited at the UNC-Charlotte stop […]
Washington Watch: Climate Denier to Head State Department?
Washington Watch: Climate Denier to Head State Department? Can the Trump Cabinet get any worse for the environment? Yes: We could have a full-fledged climate denier in charge of our international relations. Fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson surely had his faults, but he was one of the “adults in the room” on the reality […]
Coast Watch: GOP and Dem Governors Agree—Offshore Drilling Stinks
Coast Watch: GOP and Dem Governors Agree—Offshore Drilling Stinks Republican and Democratic governors along both Atlantic and Pacific coasts have found a new bipartisan consensus: Offshore drilling stinks, and we don’t want it here. Since the Trump Interior Department released its proposal to open up most of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to offshore oil […]
Campaign Watch: Conservation Voters Endorse McCready
Campaign Watch: Conservation Voters Endorse McCready The national League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Action Fund last week endorsed clean energy leader Dan McCready for election to North Carolina’s Ninth Congressional District. McCready is co-founder of an investment firm that has helped to build dozens of solar farms around the state. He also serves on the […]
Education & Resources: Interactive Maps Show Drilling Impacts
Education & Resources: Interactive Maps Show Drilling Impacts There’s a new tool to help explain in detail how offshore drilling would harm our coastal communities. A new interactive map prepared by the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) will assist coastal advocates in better understanding and sharing the problems which would result from drilling for oil […]
