CIB 08/05/2013
As the smoke clears from this year’s final legislative attacks on the environment, we look at some of the budgetary damage; plus more news, this week in CIB: Legislative Watch: Budget Blues When you’re talking about legislation 340 pages long and densely written, it naturally takes some time to sort through the impacts. With that […]
CIB 07/29/2013
In a final flurry of action, the 2013 session of the N.C. General Assembly hammered the environment hard–but some targets escaped. This week in CIB: Legislative Watch: Way Down but Not Entirely Out State legislators hammered the environment hard in their final week of the 2013 session. The damage was extensive, but advocates still have […]
HotList 07/25/2013
Dear Friends, As session’s end draws ever closer, new legislation continues to pop up that give us concern for the well-being of North Carolina, and makes us wonder why such important issues are being rushed through rather than having the time taken to consider all possible impacts they might have. We are speaking of course […]
CIB 07/22/2013
The hopeful word is circulating that the NC legislature may go home soon. Will it be soon enough for our environment? This week in CIB: Legislative Watch: Legislative Endgame A dirty little open secret of most legislatures is that lawmaking tends to get most frantic, least well-reviewed, and often most irresponsible as sessions near their […]
HotList 07/17/2013
Dear Friends, We hope that you are staying cool and finding ways to escape the heat. Thank goodness the Legislative Building has air-conditioning as both chambers begin to wrap session up. As the end nears, we are keeping a close eye on events occurring to ensure that no new anti-environmental legislation arises. There are several […]
CIB 07/15/2013
Another anti-environmental omnibus bill rolls in the House, while a pro-environment bus rolls across the state. This week in CIB: Legislative Watch: Another Anti-environmental Omnibus Another terrible collection of anti-environmental provisions has passed through one chamber in Raleigh (this time the House) and is headed to the other body for concurrence. In what has become […]
HotList 07/10/2013
Dear Friends, Welcome back from the long holiday weekend. We hope you had a great time enjoying the wonderful outdoors, which are able to stay beautiful and clean thanks to local and statewide regulations. This morning, the House Regulatory Reform Committee approved a new PCS for SB 112, now named ”Create Jobs Through Regulatory Reform,” […]
CIB 07/08/2013
The EPA moves swiftly to follow up on the presidential climate action plan announced two weeks ago. This week in CIB: Climate Change Update: EPA Acts and Environmentalists Mobilize Acting swiftly in response to the presidential climate action plan announced June 25, EPA has sent the White House a new draft of proposed rules limiting […]
HotList 07/03/2013
Dear Friends, Happy Fourth of July! Similarly to the House, the HotList is taking the week off. Next week we will be back in action, keeping a close eye on a number of bills, especially HB 94, which is expected back on the House floor early in the week. We hope that you have a […]
CIB 07/01/2013
President Obama last week followed through on his pledge to propose a climate change action plan that can be pursued without Congressional approval. This week in CIB: Washington Watch: Obama Announces Climate Change Action Plan President Obama last week rolled out his long-awaited second-term action plan on climate change, outlining a series of key efforts […]
