CIB 4/18/2016: Troubling recommendation for drinking water contamination
State agencies were not kind to those trying to work for a cleaner environment last week. This week in CIB:
CIB 4/11/2016: Environmental concerns top government lists last week
From climate change to drinking water, environmental concerns were on tap in all branches of government last week. This week in CIB.
3/14/2016: Pro-conservation candidates
Vote like the future of your planet depends on it—because it does. This week in CIB. Campaign Watch: Vote Environment Tuesday Tomorrow—Tuesday, March 14—is your last chance to be heard in the selection of standard bearers for our clean air and water, green land, and healthy communities in this year’s general elections. Don’t miss it! […]
3/7/2016: Vote early for the environment
Early voting has started in the most consequential primary for our environment in many years. This week in CIB. Campaign Watch: Vote Early for the Environment Early voting is underway now in what may be the most consequential primary election for our environment in many years. At stake are nominations for president, U.S. senator, governor, […]
2/29/2016: NC Senators earn failing grades on National Scorecard
Our U.S. Senators’ environmental scores are an embarrassment. This week in CIB. Washington Watch: Failing Senators “Failing” is too weak a term to describe a score of 4% on a scale of 100—but that’s the score earned by both of North Carolina’s elected delegates to the United States Senate on the just-released 2015 National Environmental […]
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 […]
12/21/2015: Coal coming to a stocking near you?
The truth comes out on coal ash cleanup, plus more news, this week in CIB. Executive Watch: Most Coal Ash Pits Need Action Now Officials at the NC Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and Duke Energy won’t admit it, but DEQ’s own draft technical report says that most of Duke’s coal ash pits need to […]
