CIB 04/29/2013
Finally, a significant state legislative win for the environment. This week in CIB: Legislative Watch: Clean Energy Repeal Defeated Environomics: Surge in Renewables May Explain Opposition Education & Resources: Lung Association Releases ‘State of the Air’ Conservationists: Green Tie Set for May 29 Legislative Watch: Clean Energy Repeal Defeated The N.C. House’s Public Utilities Committee […]
HotList 04/25/2013
Friends, This has been a tough week personally for me as I have dealt with the unspeakable tragedy suffered by the Hahn family. However, one bright spot was the sounding defeat of H298 yesterday in House Public Utilities. NCLCV would like to thank the following members for their support of a North Carolina with a […]
CIB 04/22/2013
News from multiple directions points to the importance of maintaining our commitment to renewable energy development. This week in CIB: Legislative Watch: Conservatives and Businesses Challenge REPS Repeal Administrative Watch: Opposition Grows to Duke Rate Hike Climate Change Update: US Greenhouse Gas Emissions Decline Education & Resources: A Short History of Craziness Conservationists: Green Tie […]
HotList 04/17/2013
Friends, Like many of you, my thoughts and prayers have been with the folks in Boston this week. Just last year, my family vacationed in Boston and Cape Cod and stayed a couple of blocks from the blast site. My four year old noticed the coverage, and asked about what happened. I told her, and […]
CIB 04/15/2013
A major state bill filing deadline produced both good ideas and foolishness rushing in. This week in CIB: Legislative Watch: Filing Rush Judicial Watch: NC Supreme Court Rejects Duke Rate Hike Washington Watch: Cabinet Hearings Education & Resources: Renewables Lower Costs; Beach Wind Conservationists: Climateers Converge on Raleigh Legislative Watch: Filing Rush The N.C. House […]
HotList 04/09/2013
Friends, It looks like Spring is finally here and hopefully here to stay. My two and four year old little girls are enjoying the weather playing outside and throwing frisbee with the dogs. I want to once again draw your attention to HB 298 Affordable and Reliable Energy Act. I laugh every time I read […]
CIB 04/08/2013
The bill to kill North Carolina’s growing renewable energy economy narrowly escaped its first test in a House subcommittee. This week in CIB: Legislative Watch: Anti-Clean Energy Bill Narrowly Advances Washington Watch: EPA Proposes Cleaner Fuel Rules Around the States: Fracking Deal? Legislative Watch: Anti-Clean Energy Bill Narrowly Advances The bill to repeal North Carolina’s […]
HotList 04/02/2013
Friends, Hope you and your family had a wonderful Easter holiday. At church, we celebrated rebirth and hope for the future. I’m fearful that that hope will be diminished by the decisions made this Session. And this week, we have a very timely example — H298. The Affordable and Reliable Energy Act will be heard […]
CIB 04/01/2013
Our lead story this week sounds like an April Fool’s joke, but sadly, it’s extremely serious. This week in CIB: Campaign Watch: Too Many of You Are Voting! Stop It! Legislative Watch: Legislating Craziness The Other Side: Assault on Clean Energy Campaign Watch: Too Many of You Are Voting! Stop It! In a flagrantly political […]
CIB 03/25/2013
The first proposed McCrory Budget is a disappointment to conservationists. This week in CIB: Executive Watch: McCrory Budget Boots Conservation Legislative Watch: Stripping the Cities Around the States: Wind Is Rising Education & Resources: NASA Sums It Up Executive Watch: McCrory Budget Boots Conservation Governor Pat McCrory last week released his first formal proposed budget […]
