Calling Out the Hogs
A new lawsuit filed on behalf of several environmental groups challenges the constitutionality of two state laws which attempt to strip neighbors of their rights to sue industrial hog farms for pollution. Plaintiffs include the North Carolina Environmental Justice Network. The complaint was filed last week in state court, asking that the relevant sections of […]
Fighting Attacks on Renewable Energy
Legislative allies of the fossil fuel industry have stepped up their attacks on clean, renewable energy sources…
Hotlist 6/19/19: Two attacks on NC’s clean energy potential
Welcome to the first edition of the North Carolina League of Conservation Voters’ Hotlist for this session. The Hotlist is a (mostly) weekly email that talks about current environmental topics in our state. This week’s Hotlist focuses on two stabs at North Carolina’s renewable energy industry: Senate Bill 568, which places unnecessary burdens on the […]
An Ill Wind Continues to Blow
“Trust us.” That’s what the sponsors of the latest legislative effort to…
Anti-Wind Bill Back on Fast Track
The state Senate must be caught in a cyclone because terrible anti-wind…
Hog Heaven
State Senate leaders want less regulation of corporate hog farms in North Carolina. Under their plan, hog farms will be exempted from new state pollution control rules. Meanwhile, the farms will also escape public scrutiny over what they dump in our water and air. Between provisions in the Senate-passed version of the budget and the […]
Electronics to Landfills
Anti-environment state senators are targeting another well-established…
Winds of Crossover
Has an ill legislative wind bringing environmentally egregious bills ceased…
Fighting Duke’s Dirty Rate Hikes Bill
Citizens continue to fight hard against legislation which would make it…
Crossover Crunch Time
This is the time of year when bad ideas that have been lurking in…
