Taxonomy Archives: North Carolina
Biomass Rule Bad News for Southern Forests, Undercuts Climate Change Efforts
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in its overall effort to rein in heat-trapping greenhouse gases, took a major step backwards today with a final decision to ignore carbon pollution from bioma...
Governor’s veto keeps N.C. coast for beach balls, not tar balls
Today’s vetoes by Governor Perdue of two bills--S.709 and S.781— defend North Carolina’s clean energy economy and a safe, healthy environment for residents and tourists, said the Southern Environmenta...
Last minute amendment provides relief to major polluters, and increased cancer risk to the public
With no public debate at the end of the session and expected to be voted on by the House, Rep. Pat McElraft today introduced, and the House Committee on the Environment approved, an amendment to SB308...
Government Approval of New Deepwater Oil Drilling Ignores Gulf Disaster
The federal government illegally authorized new deepwater drilling by claiming that risky operations will cause no significant harm to the environment despite last year’s BP Deepwater Horizon oil spil...
N.C. Beach Season Opens——to Oil?
After hundreds of visitors enjoy the Memorial Day weekend on North Carolina’s beaches, the N.C. House will vote to request that the federal government open its coast to the risk of oil spills from off...
Court Allows Environmental Challenges to Post-Oil Spill Leases to Proceed
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama ruled that Defenders and SELC may pursue their claims that the government violated the National Environmental Policy Act and Endangered Spe...
Virginia, North Carolina Senators Vote on Oil Bills in U.S. Senate
Senators from Virginia and North Carolina voted today on a bill (S. 953) that would expose the coasts, fishing, and tourism of both states to the risk of an oil spill from drilling under the same prac...
House Oil Bills Reset Stage for another Oil Spill
Ignoring lessons learned from the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster, the U.S. House of Representatives today passed the last of three oil company bills that continues a lax approach to risky oil company a...
Voters Say Clean Environment Key to Jobs in North Carolina
A strong majority of North Carolina voters says deep cuts in environmental protections proposed in a legislative budget would handicap the economy and harm the state's quality of life, according to a ...
New Government Guidance Clarifies Protection of U.S. Wetlands and Streams
New guidance proposed today by the Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency would bring long-awaited and much needed clarity to the protection of our nation’s streams, wetlands,...