Energy

05.23.2013

Wood Pellet Plans Raise Suspicions... Again

Topics: Central Coast, Energy, Southeast Coast

The N.C. State Ports Authority’s latest plans to bring wood pellet exporting facilities to its ports in Morehead City and Wilmington have again raised questions about the authority's openness and willingness to involve the public. More >

04.17.2013

New Bills Target Stormwater, Wind Energy

Topics: Coastal management, Energy, Legislature

Environmental organizations are tracking several key bills in the N.C. General Assembly, including new legislation on stormwater rules, permitting and wind energy and old bills on hydraulic fracking and inlet dredging. More >

04.15.2013

Wildlife Agency Maps Wind Farm Concerns

Topics: Energy, Rain Gardens, Wildlife

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released a new map of North Carolina that shows the best and worst locations for wind farms. More >

03.18.2013

State House to Go Slow on Injection Wells

Topics: Energy, Legislature, Pollution

A bill that could allow fracking waste fluids to be injected into coastal aquifers will get a careful review in the state House, says a New Hanover representative. More >

02.08.2013

Wind Projects on the Ropes, But Not Out

Topics: Business and Industry, Energy, Northeast Coast

Land-based wind power projects in Beaufort and Pasquotank counties are still in the works, despite considerable challenges that have raised doubts about their future. More >

02.06.2013

Opponents of Uranium Mining Breathing Easier

Topics: Business and Industry, Energy, Northeast Coast, Politics, Water Quality

N.C. opponents of lifting a ban on uranium mining in neighboring Virginia have high hopes that the proposal has perished on the political vine, but they’re still wary of backdoor maneuvers that could lead to mining. More >

01.23.2013

Why the Federation Is Opposed to Drilling Off N.C.

Topics: Advocacy, Climate Change, Coastal management, Energy

Producing and refining oil and natural gas is a dirty, smelly business that pollutes the water and air, mars the landscape and, when an accident occurs, can have life-changing effects. And all for what? A few months supply of gasoline? More >

01.18.2013

The Christian Response to Global Warming

Topics: Advocacy, Climate Change, Education, Energy

Interfaith Power & Light, a coalition of churches, believes that promoting energy conservation and renewable energy is good stewardship of the Earth's resources. More >

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