2017 Green Tie Awards
Thank you to all of our attendees, sponsors, and supporters who joined us on May 10th to honor seven award recipients and to hear the inspiring keynote of Governor Roy Cooper! After six years of fighting tooth and nail to defend policies protecting the state’s environment and natural resources, the more than 250 attendees at […]
NCLCV commends Gov. Cooper’s veto of H56, legislation that weakened clean water protections
Governor Cooper issues a fourth veto for a bill that puts North Carolina’s natural resources and communities at greater risk.
Administrative Watch: DEQ Delays Pipeline Decision
The NC Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) last week quietly told the company proposing to build the Atlantic Coast Pipeline that more information was needed for DEQ to judge the project’s environmental impacts.
Conservation Action: Act for Clean Water
Apparently alarmed by the deluge of support for retaining the Clean Water Rule, the Trump Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) again extended the public comment deadline on their attempt to gut clean water protections.
Legislative Watch: NCLCV Calls for Veto of HB 56
Last week, NCLCV called on Gov. Roy Cooper to veto HB 56, “Amend Environmental Laws,” which includes anti-environmental items such as repeal of the popular Outer Banks plastic bag ban which protects sea turtles and other marine life.
For immediate release: NCLCV Calls on Governor Cooper to Veto House Bill 56
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 11, 2017 Contact: Dan Crawford; dan@nclcv.org; 919.539.1422 NCLCV Calls on Governor Cooper to Veto House Bill 56 Legislation strips control from local governments to protect environment, public health RALEIGH: Today, Dan Crawford, director of governmental relations with the North Carolina League of Conservation Voters, issued a call to Governor Roy Cooper […]
Nuclear Update: Brother, Can You Spare $22 Billion?
The continuing meltdown of the so-called “nuclear renaissance” is just as visible in the tale of the one new commercial nuclear reactor site still under construction in the United States.
Climate Change Update: Hurricanes and Climate Change
When it comes to climate change, the future has arrived — and it comes bearing disasters.
Judicial Watch: DEQ Sues Chemours
The Cooper Administration’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) last week filed suit against the Chemours corporation for decades of toxic discharges contaminating the Cape Fear River and now threatening public drinking water in the lower Cape Fear region.
Nuclear Update: Duke Dumps Florida Nuke
South Carolina is not the only state where Duke Energy (and other utilities) are cancelling nuclear construction plans.
