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2020 Scorecard

Gov. Cooper’s Report Card

Our governor is fighting to protect our health and climate and to advance clean energy.

Bills NCLCV Acted On, 2019-20 Sessions

Luckily, most of the worst legislation never saw the light of day.

Green Tie Awards 2020

Find out which legislators we honored at this year’s ceremony with Gov. Cooper and Cory Booker!

Cuts to DEQ Funding: Impacts on Water Quality

DEQ’s job is to protect our health but legislators have been slashing its budget for a decade.

PFAS and GenX

These “forever chemicals” are a growing problem that legislators and the EPA are keeping us from solving.

Coal Ash

Gov. Cooper forced Duke Energy to move its coal ash but legislators are trying to let them send us the bill.

Hog Waste and the Farm Act of 2019

Legislators keep doing Smithfield Foods’ bidding, harming our health while protecting pork polluters.

Environmental Justice

Communities of color are disproportionately impacted by pollution and climate change.

Atlantic Coast Pipeline

In a victory for North Carolinians, Duke and Dominion Energy cancelled their pipeline plans.

Clean Energy

Gov. Cooper is leading us toward a clean energy future with good-paying jobs and a healthier climate.

Climate Resilience

Gov. Cooper’s DEQ has released a plan to help us weather the climate storm.

Climate Crisis

Grant Boosts NC Climate Reporting

12 papers will host dedicated climate reporters.

Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Moving

More is needed to tackle climate.

Wood Pellets Plant Falls Short

Active Energy is failing on jobs promises in Maine while exceeding environmental concerns here in NC.

Dirty Duke Bill Passes After Midnight

A bill developed behind closed doors passed under cover of darkness.

RGGI Carbon Action Petition Approved

The Environmental Management Commission gave strong approval to joining a regional climate coalition.

Congress Must Act on Climate Now

Both the bipartisan and reconciliation infrastructure bills must pass.

Clean Energy

Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Moving

More is needed to tackle climate.

Wood Pellets Plant Falls Short

Active Energy is failing on jobs promises in Maine while exceeding environmental concerns here in NC.

Study: Air Pollution Linked to Alzheimer’s

A new Duke study links Alzheimer’s deaths to air pollution.

New Clean Energy Campaigns Director

Montravias King starts August 9 at NCLCV.

Dirty Duke Bill Passes After Midnight

A bill developed behind closed doors passed under cover of darkness.

RGGI Carbon Action Petition Approved

The Environmental Management Commission gave strong approval to joining a regional climate coalition.

All News

climate

Grant Boosts NC Climate Reporting

12 papers will host dedicated climate reporters.

infrastructure

Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Moving

More is needed to tackle climate.

wood pellets

Wood Pellets Plant Falls Short

Active Energy is failing on jobs promises in Maine while exceeding environmental concerns here in NC.

Alzheimer's

Study: Air Pollution Linked to Alzheimer’s

A new Duke study links Alzheimer’s deaths to air pollution.

Montravias King

New Clean Energy Campaigns Director

Montravias King starts August 9 at NCLCV.

heat islands

Cooling Heat Islands with Trees

A new report examines the racial inequity of urban heat islands. One solution? More trees.

Duke

Dirty Duke Bill Passes After Midnight

A bill developed behind closed doors passed under cover of darkness.

RGGI

RGGI Carbon Action Petition Approved

The Environmental Management Commission gave strong approval to joining a regional climate coalition.

offshore wind

Offshore Wind Permitting Begins

A major project is moving forward just north of the Carolina coast.

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