Education & Resources: Impacts of the Wood Pellet Industry
A coalition of environmental groups is sponsoring a public forum on the environmental impacts of the wood pellet industry in North Carolin
Around the States: Houston’s Plight Was No Accident
Houston is a case study of what happens when development on a massive scale is allowed to utterly ignore the environment. It must remind us of why we control development in floodplains, attempt to reduce stormwater runoff from impervious surfaces, and control the loss of wetlands—at a time when the disciples of deregulation are seeking to dismantle all those programs.
Legislative Watch: Legislating by Ambush…Again
What does getting rid of the broadly popular Outer Banks plastic bag ban have to do with cleaning up contaminants from Cape Fear River water?
Conservation Action: Clean Water Action Chance Extended
August 28th is the deadline to speak out in favor of the federal Clean Water Rule. Take action now!
Administrative Watch: Duke Seeks Rate Hike — and Permission to Halt its Last Nuke
Once again, the utility giant Duke Energy is trying to pin the bill for its own mess on ratepayers.
Campaign Watch: Citizens Want Fair Maps
Hundreds of North Carolinians showed up and spoke out for fair voting maps at public hearing sites on August 22nd.
Legislative Watch: Garbage Juice Showdown Is Here
Despite two companies claiming the technique of aerosolization was not effective, lawmakers are still poised to potentially override Governor Cooper’s veto of House Bill 576.
Conservation Action: Last Week to Speak Out for Clean Water
Conservation Action: Last Week to Speak Out for Clean Water This is our last week to build the record in support of continuing the Obama Administration’s most important clean water action. The Clean Water Rule, restoring federal protections to the small streams and wetlands that are necessary to protecting clean water, was perhaps the most […]
Campaign Watch: Redistricting Public Hearings this Tuesday
Campaign Watch: Redistricting Public Hearings this Tuesday Concerned citizens will have their chance this week to tell the General Assembly’s redistricting committee how you think it should handle new legislative district maps it is obliged by court order to produce this month. The hearings will be tomorrow (Tuesday, August 22) at 4 p.m., at seven […]
Legislative Watch: Another De-Regulation Showdown Looms
Legislative Watch: Another De-Regulation Showdown Looms SB 16 may have been the latest deregulation bill to pass this legislature, but it won’t be the last one it considers. A new showdown could come as soon as this week over legislation that would be even worse. HB 162 is the bill that appeared without warning on […]
