CIB 7/18/2016: True cost of justice
What is the cost of a judicial system that citizens cannot afford to use? This week in CIB: Administrative Watch: Prohibitive Bonding If the law prices simple access to the courts beyond the means of the overwhelming majority of the public, can the agency whose decisions are shielded from review still be considered accountable to the public? […]
PR: Gov. McCrory Signs Duke Energy Protection Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Katie Todd 919.244.5868 katie@nclcv.org GOV. MCCRORY SIGNS “DUKE ENERGY PROTECTION ACT” Former Duke employee shows his loyalty to former employer, not current constituents RALEIGH : To no surprise, Governor Pat McCrory signed disastrous coal ash legislation into law last Friday, further stalling the cleanup of the state’s toxic coal ash mess. […]
Meet 2016 Stanback Intern: Jesse Way
1) Where is home for you? I spent my younger years in the suburbs of Massachusetts, where apple orchards and golf courses abound. My true formative years, however, were spent at St. Lawrence University in upstate New York. Upon graduation, I moved back to the great state of Massachusetts to live and work in Boston. […]
CIB 7/11/16: Legislative session wins
Conservationists held off some of the worst ideas proposed during this legislative session. This week in CIB.
Hotlist 7/8/2016: Accountability continues after session ends
Greetings: The General Assembly has officially adjourned for the summer. Because of the rapid close to the session last Friday, lawmakers left several harmful bills on the table. Before we celebrate, we need to acknowledge that this legislature put polluters before people when it passed House Bill 630 – “Drinking Water Protection / Coal Ash […]
Meet 2016 Stanback Intern: Laura Marie Davis
A native of Ohio, Laura Marie brings a wealth of conservation experience to North Carolina as she focuses on building equity to our work.
CIB 7/4/16: Session is officially over. What happened:
The NC General Assembly has adjourned for the summer, but left an environmental mess on its way out the door. That news, plus more positive items from other fronts, this week in CIB: Legislative Watch: Coal Ash Cleanup Cancelled; Budget Riders Rip Environment The good news is that they’ve gone home for the summer—we hope for the […]
Income tax ‘cap’ threatens our environmental safeguards
You may wonder: why is an environmental group tangling in a bill with a provision to place a cap on individual income tax? We’ll give you an answer: because it matters. We believe that all North Carolinians deserve the best quality of life possible. That means having healthy air to breathe and clean water to […]
Hotlist 6/29/2016: Duke Energy Protection Act
Greetings: I’m taking off my environmentalist hat for this email and speaking to you as a North Carolina citizen. I am deeply concerned about the special treatment given to Duke Energy in House Bill 630 – “Drinking Water Protection / Coal Ash Cleanup Act.” This bill is not about protecting drinking water or cleaning up […]
Our statement: NC Senate’s failure to hold Duke Energy accountable
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Doug Jackson 252.432.9716 doug@targetedpersuasion.com NC Senate proposes yet another sweetheart coal ash deal for Charlotte-based energy monopoly (Raleigh) Today, the North Carolina Senate revealed another sweetheart coal ash deal for Duke Energy in the gutted and amended House Bill 630. This bill would get rid of the coal ash commission, […]
