Climate Change Experts Become An Endangered Species Along the NC Coast
As a rising ocean eats away at North Carolina, a GOP legislature that seems to be driven by politics and profit is also washing away hard science.
Source: ClimateWire, 04/04/2014
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Kentucky Legislature Weighs "Ag-Gag" Bill
Kentucky is the latest state to consider legislation criminalizing undercover photography of animal abuse in farm operations, which often ends up in the news. But Democratic Rep. Joni Jenkins (pictured), who sponsored the measure to which the Senate attached the Ag-Gag language, says she won't call it up in the House.
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"For God, Country & Coca-Cola"
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"State of the Heart: South Carolina Writers on the Places They Love"
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"Lawyer Hired By NC in Spill Probe Represented Duke"
"RALEIGH, N.C. -- The lawyer hired to represent North Carolina's environmental agency during a federal investigation into its regulation of Duke Energy's coal ash dumps once represented the utility company in a different criminal probe."
Source: AP, 03/25/2014
SEJ Announces 2014 Elyssa Rosen Mentoring Fellows
The fellowships covered most of the costs of attending SEJ's 2014 Annual Conference in New Orleans for 11 mentoring pairs selected through a special application process. Thanks to the vision and generosity of all who contributed in Elyssa Rosen's memory for making this special opportunity possible.
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"E.P.A. Agrees to Join North Carolina in Reviewing Spill"
"The federal Environmental Protection Agency will join North Carolina regulators in addressing potential violations of the Clean Water Act at Duke Energy power plants, including a massive spill of toxic coal ash last month in the Dan River, state officials said on Friday."
Source: NY Times, 03/24/2014
"Giant Lizards Rise In Fla. — And They've Got Quite An Appetite"
"Giant lizards are coming out of hibernation in Florida. Trouble is, Robin Sussingham of WUSF reports, they're members of an invasive species with a taste for the eggs and hatchlings of native animals."
Source: NPR, 03/20/2014
"Virginia: Governor Expects Payment for Spill"
"DANVILLE, Va. — Gov. Terry McAuliffe said Tuesday he expects Duke Energy to fully compensate Virginia for a massive coal ash spill into the Dan River that turned collection basins at Danville's water treatment plant gray."
Source: AP, 03/19/2014
"Tweak To Law Protected Duke's Coal Ash Pits"
Duke Energy lobbyists asked the GOP-controlled North Carolina legislator for a legal loophole protecting it from having to clean up coal-ash pollution, after environmentalists sued to force clean-up. The legislature obliged, and GOP Gpovernor Pat McCrory signed it.
Source: AP, 03/18/2014
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