What you made happen in 2016
The environmental and electoral hits kept on coming in 2016. See what we were able to accomplish – in communities, at the NC General Assembly, and with our communities – because of our generous members, supporters, and activists.
The SCC or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Rules
2016 Stanback Intern Nick Younger unpacks one particular state rule that we’re watching here at NCLCV, which can have a major impact on state water quality for years to come.
You, Me and the Rules Review Commission
2016 Stanback Intern Nick Younger explores one of the most important yet least known decision-making bodies in North Carolina: the Rules Review Commission.
What is happening to our experts?
Folks, we interrupt your Thursday afternoon with a burning question: What competent scientist would want to work for an administration that they know won’t hesitate to slander, vilify, and publicly hang them out to dry for simply doing their jobs conscientiously? Based on the course of actions over the last week involving the McCrory Administration, […]
May the odds be ever in your favor
State toxicologist testifies McCrory administration knew of health risks to homeowners but reversed ‘do-not-drink’ letters regardless.
Meet 2016 Stanback Intern: Cheryl Ross
1) Where is home for you? I’m originally from Michigan and have previously lived in Florida, Texas, and Georgia. I’ve been in North Carolina for the past 10 years and consider it home. This is where I’m raising my three children and this is where we hope to stay when my husband retires from the […]
2016 Stanback Intern: Meet Nick Younger
1) Where is home for you? I am from Boone in the beautiful mountains of North Carolina. I like to say I’m a born and raised North Carolinian, but I did find myself in Louisiana for a time perfecting my skills “wrasslin’ gators” and the like. Except for that, I’ve lived only in North Carolina […]
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. […]
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.
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 […]
