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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

NC Elected Leaders: Pass Biden’s American Jobs Plan

32 state and local leaders signed onto a letter supporting clean energy infrastructure.

Ghost Forests and Environmental Racism

Two articles for your reading pleasure.

Pass Gov. Cooper’s Budget. Send a Message!

We need a state budget that protects us from climate change and water pollution. Email your legislators!

Biden Boosts Clean Energy, Transportation

Congress must pass the new American Jobs Plan, the biggest climate action proposal ever.

Urge Congress: It’s Time to Build Back Better!

We must pass the American Jobs Plan to make it cleaner and cheaper to power our homes and cars!

NCLCV Statement on Biden Build Back Better Plan

It’s the most ambitious investment in climate action and clean energy ever.

Clean Energy

NC Elected Leaders: Pass Biden’s American Jobs Plan

32 state and local leaders signed onto a letter supporting clean energy infrastructure.

Enduring Costs of Coal

A new report shows how much Duke Energy’s coal plants cost our bills and environment.

Pass Gov. Cooper’s Budget. Send a Message!

We need a state budget that protects us from climate change and water pollution. Email your legislators!

Cooper Invests in Energy, Environment

The governor’s budget invests more than $420 million in clean energy and environmental protection.

Biden Boosts Clean Energy, Transportation

Congress must pass the new American Jobs Plan, the biggest climate action proposal ever.

Urge Congress: It’s Time to Build Back Better!

We must pass the American Jobs Plan to make it cleaner and cheaper to power our homes and cars!

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Jobs Plan

NC Elected Leaders: Pass Biden’s American Jobs Plan

32 state and local leaders signed onto a letter supporting clean energy infrastructure.

coal

Enduring Costs of Coal

A new report shows how much Duke Energy’s coal plants cost our bills and environment.

Carolina Sunrock

New Lawsuit Attacks Caswell Communities

The Carolina Sunrock is trying to silence community opposition to its proposed mine.

McCrory

McCrory Announces Senate Run

The most anti-environment governor in NC history is attempting a comeback.

environmental racism

Ghost Forests and Environmental Racism

Two articles for your reading pleasure.

pipeline

NC Joins States for Right to Block Pipelines

Will the Supreme Court let states block eminent domain by pipeline developers?

budget

Pass Gov. Cooper’s Budget. Send a Message!

We need a state budget that protects us from climate change and water pollution. Email your legislators!

absentee

Voter Suppression Deja Vu

State legislators’ latest attack on voting rights focuses on absentee ballots.

budget

Cooper Invests in Energy, Environment

The governor’s budget invests more than $420 million in clean energy and environmental protection.

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