CIB 10/7/2013
The federal government shutdown slams environment protection and natural resource management, plus eye-opening fracking news, this week in CIB: Washington Watch: Shutdown Hobbles Parks, Protections The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was forced to furlough more than 90 percent of its employees as the federal government shutdown dragged on toward its second week. The primary […]
CIB 09/30/2013
The state flushes away key clean water research funding, plus more news, this week in CIB: Executive Watch: Water Resources Down the Drain The NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is laying off staff because of legislative funding cutbacks and reorganization–but is also turning down almost $600,000 in federal funding for needed monitoring of […]
2013 Green Tie Awards
The 2013 Green Tie Awards Dinner was held on Wednesday, May 29th from 6-9 p.m. at the Downtown Sheraton (421 South Salisbury Street, Raleigh). The 2013 event featured John Campbell, WasteZero Board Chair, as keynote speaker. Mr. Campbell spoke about his experience of working at the intersection of the environment, business and public policy. His […]
CIB 09/23/2013
EPA rolls out new rules on carbon emissions from power plants, plus more news, this week in CIB: Washington Watch: EPA Unveils New Rules on Power Plants The EPA last week rolled out the specifics of a central pillar of the Obama Administration’s climate action plan: new rules on carbon emissions from power plants. The rules […]
CIB 09/16/2013
The environmental ‘think globally, act locally’ mantra can be applied to elections. The first results of the 2013 campaigns, plus more news, this week in CIB: Campaign Watch: Acting Locally on the Electoral Front In this period of radical state-level retreat on a broad array of environmental laws and programs, the significance of having pro-environment leadership […]
CIB 09/09/2013
A key state committee looks at how to handle wastewater from fracking, plus more news, this week in CIB: Administrative Watch: MEC Considers Fracking Fluids Disposal What should be done with used fluids from the fracking process? That’s a critical environmental issue within a controversial drilling technique, and the focus of deliberations in a key state […]
CIB 09/02/2013
If you live near a gas shale deposit in North Carolina, you may be “volunteered” to market your drilling rights; plus more news, this week in CIB: Administrative Watch: Drilling Whether Landowners Like it or Not Landowners near fracking zones, you’ve been volunteered. Under energy exploration legislation passed by the N.C. General Assembly, a special “Compulsory […]
CIB 08/26/2013
Governor McCrory signs the final anti-environmental legislation from the 2013 legislative session, plus more news, this week in CIB: Executive Watch: McCrory Signs Rules Deform, Dirty Jordan Bills After waiting for weeks, Gov. Pat McCrory late last week signed two of the most troubling environmental bills of the 2013 legislative session: regulatory reform and the […]
CIB 08/19/2013
All our state’s clean water rules could be on the chopping block, plus more news, this week in CIB: Administrative Watch: No Rules for You One of the under-reported bombshells in the terrible Regulatory Deform bill (HB 74), now awaiting action on the Governor’s desk, is its immediate threat to rules protecting clean water and […]
CIB 08/12/2013
Legislators who helped protect NC’s renewable energy law get a public “thanks”–plus more news, this week inCIB: Campaign Watch: Thanks Again Two weeks ago, CIB noted the ‘issue ads’ being run by a national environmental group thanking U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC) for her support of Gina McCarthy’s nomination to head the EPA. Last week, […]
