CIB 6/22/2015: What a week
The past week has seen major developments on climate change, clean energy, the coastal environment, voting rights, and the state budget. We try to keep you updated this week in CIB. Legislative Watch: Bad Budget Blues The good news is that the Senate’s version of a budget for the State of North Carolina, passed last […]
Notes from the Field: Building Collective Action in Wake County
In the face of climate change, how resilient are our communities in terms of food, housing, transportation, energy, water, jobs and health? What issues do people feel are most urgent and what are the organizing opportunities on the local level that can move us towards a clean energy economy in NC? These are some of […]
Ounje Ododo: The Language of Food Justice
“As long as there is poverty in the world I can never be rich, even if I have a billion dollars. As long as diseases are rampant and millions of people in this world cannot expect to live more than twenty-eight or thirty years, I can never be totally healthy even if I just got […]
CIB 6/15/2015: Court slows down coal ash cleanup again
Our state’s highest court last week let Duke out of legal time pressure on coal ash cleanup. This week in CIB.. Judicial Watch: Duke Can Take Its Time With Ash Pits Cleanup North Carolina’s state Supreme Court last week torpedoed chances for accelerated cleanup by Duke Energy of most coal ash pits in the state. […]
Hotlist 6/15/2015: Why mess with a good thing?
Greetings! If any of you folks enjoy gardening, you may know about the “Three Sisters” technique championed by the Iroquois. It involves growing corn, beans, and squash in the same plot. The corn creates the trellis for the beans; the squash shades the ground keeping it cool and acting as mulch; and the beans supply […]
Notes from the Field: Finding Frontlines in Fayetteville
The April 30th “Finding Our Frontlines” program in Fayetteville was a great success. I had about 15 participants show up to this event. I was so impressed by the leadership in the room from almost everyone who attended. The program was well organized and the presentation that was shown kept us on target throughout the […]
CIB 6/8/2015: NCGA overrides veto, ignores implications
Overriding a rare veto, state legislators last week acted to chill the rights of employees to expose illegal activities threatening the public. This week in CIB. Legislative Watch: Legislature Overrides Ag-Gag Veto His fellow Republicans in the General Assembly wasted no time in delivering another slap in the face to Governor Pat McCrory last week. […]
HotList 06/08/2015: A letter to lawmakers
Hey everybody, I decided to ruin my summer by joining Dan as legislative intern for NCLCV. So far, it’s been great, but he has vowed to turn my positive attitude toward the political process into pure, unabashed cynicism. I say that tongue in cheek; however, the current effort toward dismantling North Carolina’s Renewable Energy Portfolio […]
Notes from the Field: “Finding Our Frontlines” in the Triad
The Triad event was a great community forum that captured the essence of the work we are doing in the communities. We had close to 50 people from the community as well as organizations consisting of Fight for 15, Democracy North Carolina, NC WARN, Neighbors for Better Neighborhoods, Active and Healthy Brotherhood, and Piedmont Regional […]
CIB 6/1/2015
EPA makes a big move for clean water, plus legislative developments and more news, this week in CIB: Washington Watch: EPA Restores Water Protections Clean water and wetlands protections scored a major win last week when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) published their final rule clarifying the […]
