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Fracking latest

Well since I just got interviewed on the radio, I guess I ought to post something new on fracking. Actually, there is quite a bit [...]
October 11, 2011 | Posted in: Current Events, Energy, Environment, NCHouse | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Sea change

This month’s Exile on Jones Street column, published Wednesday July 20 in the Independent Weekly, is about the changes in public policy as a result [...]
July 24, 2011 | Posted in: Columns, DENR, Environment | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Four groins for the coast

Star-News is reporting that a deal has been struck to allow construction of four terminal groins on the coast. Negotiations started with a wide gap [...]
June 9, 2011 | Posted in: Environment, Legislation | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Fracking updates

Lisa Sorg has another piece out on the fracking of NC. This one deals with the lease agreements. He overview story from a few issues [...]
May 27, 2011 | Posted in: Current Events, Energy, Environment, Legislation | Tags: , | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Senate budget hits Clean Water Trust Fund

Little doubt that the Clean Water Management Trust Fund, one of the chief sources of funding for land protection and conservation, water and sewer projects [...]
May 25, 2011 | Posted in: DENR, Environment | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

DENR cuts — a receipts-supported agency?

One aspect of the budget proposal that is troublesome is a move to require most of DENR’s workforce to be supported by either matching federal [...]
May 19, 2011 | Posted in: Budget, DENR, Environment, Legislation | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Budget cuts and the environment

Following are a series of posts on specific proposed cuts in the budget that will threaten environmental protection, land conservation and long standing programs aimed [...]
May 19, 2011 | Posted in: Columns, DENR, Environment, General Assembly, NCHouse | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Budget cuts that are jeopardizing our environment

Here’s the first column for the Indy in several years. Glad to be back doing it. Not happy about having to share this unfortunate bit [...]
May 18, 2011 | Posted in: Columns, Environment, NCHouse | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink