Executive Watch: Cooper Appoints Michael Regan NC Environment Secretary
Executive Watch: Cooper Appoints Michael Regan NC Environment Secretary Governor Roy Cooper got his new administration off to a strong environmental start last week by announcing the designation of Michael Regan as his Secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). It’s a measure of the importance of environmental matters to Cooper that Environmental Quality […]
Judicial Watch: Panel Confirms Injunction Against Dissolving State Elections Board
Judicial Watch: Panel Confirms Injunction Against Dissolving State Elections Board The legislative scheme to clamp down on voting rights by taking partisan control of the elections process stays on hold for now. A three-judge panel appointed by the Chief Justice of the NC Supreme Court maintained the injunction against key parts of the legislation passed […]
Legislative Watch: Legislators Return January 11
Legislative Watch: Legislators Return January 11 We’re not especially happy to note that the General Assembly will return to Raleigh for its regular “long session” of 2017 beginning this Wednesday, January 11. The new session promises to be an especially contentious one. The returning legislative leadership has already declared open war against the new governor […]
NCLCV Applauds Cooper’s Nomination of Regan to lead NC Dept. of Environmental Quality
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 3, 2017 Contact: Katie Todd; katie@nclcv.org; 919-244-5868 NCLCV Endorses Gov. Cooper’s Nominee to Lead NC Dept. of Environmental Quality Michael Regan proven clean energy, pro-conservation leader RALEIGH: Dan Crawford, NCLCV’s director of governmental relations, released the following statement in response on Governor Roy Cooper’s choice of Michael Regan to serve as […]
CIB 1/2/2017 – Legislative Republicans Ask Chief Justice to Stop 2017 Elections
Legislative Watch: Legislative Republicans Ask Chief Justice to Stop 2017 Elections Speaking of the 2017 elections, the Republican legislative leadership on Friday made another last-minute request to U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts for an “emergency” hold on the lower court order for new legislative districts and elections in 2017. As of Saturday morning, […]
CIB 1/2/2017 – Administrative Watch: Van der Vaart Tries a Sneak
Administrative Watch: Van der Vaart Tries a Sneak Controversial McCrory Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Secretary Donald van der Vaart had one last trick up his sleeve as 2016 and the McCrory Administration sputtered to a close. He quit his job as DEQ Secretary after naming himself to a lower-level DEQ post that is presumed […]
CIB 1/2/2017 – Judicial Watch: Judge Temporarily Blocks Elections Board Changes
Judicial Watch: Judge Temporarily Blocks Elections Board Changes A Superior Court Judge has temporarily blocked implementation of the new state law abolishing the State Board of Elections and merging its functions into a new agency overseeing elections, state officials’ ethics, and lobbying. Wake County Superior Court Judge Donald Stephens held an abbreviated hearing Friday on […]
CIB 1/2/2017 – Executive Watch: Cooper Gets an Early Start
Executive Watch: Cooper Gets an Early Start Newly elected Governor Roy Cooper chose to set his official swearing-in to his new office at the earliest time constitutionally possible, just one minute past midnight on January 1. The move cut off as soon as possible the window for further late-breaking maneuvers by the outgoing governor (or […]
CIB 1/2/2017: Highlights & Lowlights of a Tumultuous Year for the Environment
2016 In Review: Highlights and Lowlights of a Tumultuous Year for the Environment We’ll wrap up this week by calling to our readers’ attention two year-in-review articles that sum up some of the highs and lows of 2016 for our environment. First, there’s a “lowlights” look at the top ten “environmental fiascos” of the year […]
CIB 12/26/16: What about NC’s coast?
Good news on strengthened offshore drilling bans left out the southeast. This week in CIB:
