Climate Change Update: Trump’s Bonehead Decision
Donald Trump last week declared that he would start the process of pulling the United States out of the international Paris Agreement to curtail climate change. Congrats! You’ve announced that you want the U.S. to join Syria and Nicaragua as the only nations boneheaded enough to say catastrophic heat waves, droughts, killer storms, and other looming disasters aren’t worth worrying about.
Education & Resources: Red Wolf Recovery Comments
The future of North Carolina’s red wolf recovery program depends on our willingness to speak out. Now.
Judicial Watch: Supremes Nix NC Congressional Districts
The U.S. Supreme Court rejects two NC Congressional districts due to illegal use of race. What does this mean for future elections?
Coast Watch: Offshore Drilling Opposition Meeting
Learn how to get more involved in the fight to protect North Carolina’s coast.
Legislative Watch: House Committees Improve Budget
While the North Carolina House rejected most of the Senate’s anti-environmental budget provisions, House leaders didn’t do much more to invest in our conservation priorities.
Judicial Watch: Victory for Voting Rights Stands…for Now
Judicial Watch: Victory for Voting Rights Stands…for Now North Carolina voters will continue to have expanded voting opportunities in our state under a major decision announced by the U.S. Supreme Court last week. That’s the headline. The subheading, though, adds this caveat: “for now.” Here’s the deal: In 2013, the NC General Assembly passed a […]
Legislative Watch: House Puts the Brakes on Budget
Legislative Watch: House Puts the Brakes on Budget As the public and members of the NC House continue to study the snake’s nest of a budget that was rammed through the Senate this month, new drips of venom keep emerging. Green transportation advocates identified a special section inserted into the budget to penalize local governments […]
Administrative Watch: Duke Ordered to Explain Nuke Cost Overrun
Administrative Watch: Duke Ordered to Explain Nuke Cost Overrun If you or I tried to exceed our credit card limit by more than three times, we can rest assured that the card would already have been repossessed and cut up — and it wouldn’t be coming back any time soon. Alas, different rules apply to […]
Judicial Watch: Conservation Voters Sue to Protect our Coast
Our national LCV is defending our coasts from offshore oil & gas drilling by holding the president accountable in the Courts.
Washington Watch: Methane Rule Saved
Environmental and climate advocates were thrilled last week by their surprise win in the U.S. Senate over saving one of the key Obama Administration environmental rules.
