From the office of U.S. Senator Brian Schatz: Washington, DC – Immediately following votes on the evening of Monday, March 10 until approximately 9 am ET Tuesday, March 11, Senators from the Senate Climate Action Task Force will be holding the Senate floor to urge action on climate change. A significant number of Senators are expected to participate throughout […]
Climate Activists Must Heed the Lessons of North Carolina
Joe Wainio begins his wonderful article on TruthOut, “Climate change activists should look to North Carolina for lessons on how to build a broad and diverse movement powerful enough to challenge the corrupt status quo on several fronts. Single-issue organizing won’t do.” To make a difference in our current political climate takes massive numbers of […]
Our NC “What do You Love Campaign” dovetails with the February Friends Committee for National Legislation’s call to conscience
“The seemingly simple action of communicating with your elected representative is powerful, vastly underrated, and accessible to all.” In October our executive director, Susannah Tuttle, was featured in the Indy Weekly, speaking about her efforts to forge ties between environmentally conscious faith leaders and conservative legislators. Since then, Susannah has been encouraging people of […]
Do Your Legislators Represent You or Not?
The 2013 legislative session exhibited an anti-regulatory agenda, endangering North Carolina’s natural beauty and our quality of life, including our health. Numerous bills were introduced that weakened pollution control, sought to rush through fracking, underfunded many of the state’s important environmental programs, and removed experienced members from critical oversight commissions and boards. Non-partisan science, which […]
In the face of economic crisis, how to make the world a better place
Start with what you love. Susannah Tuttle said that to me on Saturday, and it was perfect for the moment. I loved the bluegrass festival in Raleigh and the way it lifted our spirits. I broke away from the festival in the afternoon and strode up to the state government mall for the iMatter rally. I loved that too. The iMatter Youth NC March for Our Planet was led by Hallie Turner, 11, who dates her activism on climate change to a dinnertime conversation with her parents—and a subsequent visit to the library where she read Al Gore’s book An Inconvenient Truth—at age 9. […]
NCIPL Steering Committee Member Penny Hooper Speaks Out at Moral Monday
People may think that Moral Mondays are over now that the state legislature is no longer in session. That is not so. Starting in April, numbers of attendees have ranged from hundreds to thousands. This Monday may be the largest one yet. Rev. Dr. William Barber, II, President of the North Carolina State Conference of […]
Recent Poll Shows North Carolinians Want More Clean Energy
Most North Carolinians oppose fracking, favor clean energy and think current regulations are sufficient or should be stronger. Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) released the North Carolina poll results on July 15, 2013. From the mountains to the beaches, it’s clear that North Carolinians take special pride in their state, and see state environmental safeguards […]
Environmental Groups Push for Stronger EPA Regulation of Toxic Poisons from Coal-Fired Power Plants Routinely Dumped Into U.S. Waters
After 3 decades of delay, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to set long-overdue standards to limit the dumping of billions of pounds of toxic pollutants from coal-fired power plants into U.S. waterways and drinking water sources. On Tuesday, July 23, 2013, in a press conference held on the banks of Mountain Island […]
2013 Walk for Our Grandchildren
This summer dedicated activists walked 100 miles from Camp David to Washington, DC. to ask President Obama and other policy makers to take strong action to keep the majority of fossil fuels in the ground. They are demanding climate action now! As they walked, they talked to the people in the communities along their route. […]
In the Shadows of Riverbend
Across the street, a small, unassuming, idyllic Catholic church faces the Duke Power Riverbend Coal Plant at the center of litigation and outrage in response to consistent pollution and lack of effective coal ash pond treatment. For a new intern at NCIPL, the physicalized contrast contained powerful irony that drove home the nature of our […]
