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Charlotte Observer
March 20, 2018
He's also the diversity outreach coordinator for the North Carolina Teenage Republicans (N.C. TARS), many of whose members feel outnumbered by their liberal peers and say it's getting ... “As long as the clothing does not constitute a disruption to the educational environment, the clothing is allowed.
The Flat Hat
March 20, 2018
It's shocking, though, that students studying government, environmental policy, public policy and law can remain unaware of the basic principles of ... If you compare the College to another Public Ivy on the East Coast, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, you'll see that UNC Chapel Hill offers 52Ãâà...
Progressive.org
March 19, 2018
In February 2014, workers at a retired coal-burning power plant in Eden, North Carolina, discovered that a corrugated metal drainage pipe running beneath ... While environmental and citizens advocacy groups feel the Obama-era regulations fell short of providing effective federal oversight, the Trump teamÃâà...
ACLU (blog)
March 17, 2018
For instance, a bill currently being considered in Wyoming would impose a $1 million penalty on any person or organization that “encourages” certain forms of environmental protest. Legislation introduced in Tennessee, Florida, North Carolina, and North Dakota would have allowed drivers to hit protestersÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 13, 2018
North Carolina Republicans now want federal prosecutors to scrutinize Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper ... The money in the memo would have gone to environmental mitigation, economic development and renewable energy, but it lacked many details on how the funds would be distributed. Cooper's officeÃâà...
Environmental Defense Fund (blog)
March 9, 2018
Chemours, a DuPont spin-off that makes a PFAS by a process known as Gen X at its North Carolina plant, is under pressure to close the facility due to water ... By EDF's count, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of PFAS affected by the legislation 38 times between 2002 and 2016Ãâà...
VentureBeat
March 9, 2018
“California has a long history of pioneering pro-consumer and pro-environment legislation,” said iFixit's Kay-Kay Clapp, including electronics recycling and plastic bag laws. “That gives this bill some legs. Additionally, this bill is supported by a broad coalition of folks with a track record of success — the EFF,Ãâà...
Public Radio East
March 9, 2018
Cooper's pipeline scandal as an agenda item at the next meeting of the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations,” Rabon stated in a press release on Wednesday. Rabon's request comes soon after a WRAL reported Gov. Cooper's attorney altered the agreement's wording, giving theÃâà...
News & Observer
March 8, 2018
The money was supposed to be spent on renewable energy projects and other environmental “mitigation” measures and to make sure Eastern North Carolina has access to natural gas from the pipeline. And after Rabon's announcement Wednesday, Cooper's chief of staff Kristi Jones released a statementÃâà...
CBS Sacramento
March 7, 2018
In this corner of rural North Carolina, the response to the problem of hog waste spilling into rivers has spawned a new kind of environmental concern. Residents' lawyers plan ... “It protects the environment and the neighbors of farms,” said Joyce Fitzpatrick, Smithfield's spokeswoman. “More than 80 percentÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 6, 2018
The nonprofit Campaign for Accountability said it filed a complaint with the state ethics board based on public records requests to what is now the Division of Environmental Quality. The group contends Moore worked to delay penalties against his company while it tried to sell the Chatham County property,Ãâà...
The Independent Weekly
March 2, 2018
Few people attended the town hall meeting, which coincided with a meeting of the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People and North Carolina Central University basketball games. McKissick said it should have been held when the entire delegation and a broader audience could participate.
R & D Magazine
March 2, 2018
While the report does not propose legislation, Casey said one thing Congress could take on that would be helpful to achieve the goals of his ... 30 by the National Toxicology Program—a federal interagency program headquartered at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in North Carolina.
Elizabethtown Bladen Journal
March 2, 2018
But just because every state legislative seat will be contested in this year's general election for the first time in memory doesn't mean most races will be ... And while a large number of first-time candidates have filed for election, it's not clear if the charged political environment will translate into heavy turnoutÃâà...
Greenville Daily Reflector
February 22, 2018
In North Carolina, new legislative districts and the role of Gov. Roy Cooper also could be strong factors, he said. Cooper's relative popularity can influence fundraising and candidate recruitment to try and break the Republican legislative supermajority, he said. “Historically, a mid-term election is bad for theÃâà...
News & Observer (blog)
February 17, 2018
In the end, this pipeline saga is about a broken pipeline within state government. The work of running North Carolina no longer flows between the legislative and executive branches. The legislature cannot be trusted to protect the public on environmental issues as we've seen with the coal ash clean up,Ãâà...
Scientific American
February 16, 2018
Donald van der Vaart, the top environmental regulator under former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R), has earned .... "We felt he did more to protect polluters than North Carolina's environment," said Nat Mund, director of federal affairs with the Southern Environmental Law Center. Whether van der VaartÃâà...
News & Observer
February 14, 2018
The legislation would provide the state Department of Environmental Quality with resources to assess pollution involving GenX and similar contaminants that can pass through ... It also specifies that the North Carolina Policy Collaboratory at UNC-CH help with research into GenX and related chemicals.
News & Observer
February 7, 2018
“Lee has deep roots in North Carolina and experience in legislative affairs for Congressman GK Butterfield,” Porter said by email, “and he will use that experience to advance Governor Cooper's goals to help North Carolina families.” The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality issued a key water permitÃâà...
WECT-TV6
February 7, 2018
A Senate committee has approved legislation described by supporters as the next step in studying largely unregulated chemicals found in North Carolina rivers. The chamber's environmental panel voted Wednesday evening for the measure focusing on emerging contaminants. These chemicals haveÃâà...
Daily Yonder
February 1, 2018
And North Carolina isn't alone: Right to Farm laws, which limit nuisance claims, have been passed in all 50 states. .... In 2014, the Center filed a Title VI complaint with the EPA's Office of Civil Rights, alleging state environmental officials had not considered the racial makeup of neighboring communities inÃâà...
New York Times
January 31, 2018
“They're acting in a hurry, appealing to the base, and trying to seem decisive,” said Patrick Parenteau, a professor of environmental law at Vermont Law School. But, he ... Roy Cooper of North Carolina said that his state would sue the Trump administration if it did not receive an exemption. “If you base it onÃâà...
Carolina Public Press
December 31, 1999
“His goal is to move our state toward a fully renewable energy future, which helps the environment and the economy.” Molly Diggins, executive director of the North Carolina Sierra Club, said she thinks the governor is fulfilling the legal requirements of a modification to the law passed by the legislature lastÃâà...
Coastal Review Online
December 31, 1999
As Coastal Review Online's legislative reporter, I work in one of the murkier places in government and I can't think of any place where sunshine or daylight or whatever you want to call it is more important. Beyond the usual tactics employed by lesser governments, the North Carolina General Assembly, oneÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
December 31, 1999
A former environmental engineer for the Environmental Protection Agency, Shane Rogers, swabbed the outsides of homes near several hog farms in southeast North Carolina. He said 14 of the 17 homes — including those belonging to two of Adams' neighbors — tested positive for pig2bac — a geneticÃâà...
The Hill
December 31, 1999
For instance, a bill currently being considered in Wyoming would impose a $1 million penalty on any person or organization that “encourages” certain forms of environmental protest. Legislation introduced in Tennessee, Florida, North Carolina, and North Dakota would have allowed drivers to hit protestersÃâà...
