1/18/2016: NCDEQ leads new wave of renewable energy attacks

The new year has barely started, and already the opponents of renewable energy development have kicked off their latest effort to undo the legal framework supporting our state’s clean energy boom. This week in CIB. Executive Watch: Renewed Attack on Renewable Energy Gov. Pat McCrory’s Secretary of Environmental Quality, Donald van der Vaart, last week […]

1/11/2016: Coal ash debate heating up

Despite the recently arrived winter chill, the coal ash debate is heating up fast in North Carolina. This week inCIB. Executive Watch: Walking on Hot Coal Ashes As the weather cools down, the debates over handling of toxic coal ash and its pollution are heating up. Mysteriously Changing Risk Levels: NC’s Department of Environmental Quality […]

12/28/2015: Top Ten Environmental Stories of 2015

For our last CIB of the year, we take a look at the “Top Ten Environmental Stories of 2015.” 1) Offshore Drilling Debate Rages The fight over offshore drilling started early for North Carolina in 2015. In late January, in one of its relatively few genuinely poor environmental decisions, the Obama Administration issued its proposal […]

11/30/2015: Out in front for clean air and energy

Conservationists call for supporting the Clean Power Plan in Washington and third-party solar sales in NC. This week in CIB. Washington Watch: Citizens Back the Clean Power Plan NC League of Conservation Voters and the national League of Conservation Voters have joined more than 100 other citizen environmental, public health, and other national and state-level […]