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News Briefs
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SC Senate Moves to Block Funds for Drilling
By a large margin, the S.C. Senate has passed a budget proviso to prohibit the use of any state funds to facilitate onshore infrastructure for offshore oil.
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Coastal Habitat Protection Plan Meeting Set
The steering committee for the state Coastal Habitat Protection Plan, which addresses habitat and water quality efforts needed to protect, enhance and restore fish habitat, will meet April 23 in Washington.
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Climate Change Council to Meet April 26
The North Carolina Climate Change Interagency Council is set to discuss development of a state climate risk assessment during its third meeting April 26 in Raleigh.
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State Files Comments on WOTUS Rule
The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality and N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein have submitted comments in opposition to the proposed federal rule revising the definition of “waters of the United States.”
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Hatteras ORV Accesses Close For Summer
The seasonal off-road vehicle access for beaches in front of the villages of Hatteras Island closed Monday for the summer season.
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Grant to Expand Services for Storm Victims
Twenty-eight North Carolina counties will get funds from a $12.2 million grant to expand crisis counseling services for Hurricane Florence survivors.
News Waves
- Big employers push back on Duke Energy rate bill
- Doctor Using Oysters To Treat Anxiety, Depression
- Energy giants spent $1B on PR, climate lobbying since Paris
- Will SC vacation hotspots suffer from oil spills? New plan offered to prevent that
- Why oysters close on the full moon, more odd lunar effects on animals
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News & Features
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Legislators Advance PFAS, Environmental Bills
State lawmakers have recently filed numerous environmental policy bills, including proposed new regulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
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Ports Authority Set to Appeal Permit Denial
The State Ports Authority will try to persuade the Coastal Resources Commission this week that a proposed expansion project’s economic benefits outweigh any environmental concerns.
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Science
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Forum Links Coastal Scientists, Community
Numerous factors play a part in oyster reef growth rates, according research shared during a recent symposium at the University of North Carolina Institute of Marine Sciences in Morehead City.
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Our Coast
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Our Coast’s People: Carver Dan Robinson
Dan Robinson will put his lifelong love of decoy carving on display at the second annual Ocracoke Waterfowl Festival Saturday in the Ocracoke School gym.
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For Plymouth, River Is Route to Revitalization
Plymouth has been a strategic port and thriving mill town at different times in its history, and now folks here say the Roanoke River and its diverse wildlife could bring a resurgence.
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Commentary
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Our Military, Wind Farms Can Coexist
Guest columnist Katharine Kollins of the Southeastern Wind Coalition writes that a bill recently introduced in North Carolina is an attack on wind energy that does nothing to protect military bases.
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Featured Photo
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Wind Creates Pedestals at Cape Lookout
Cape Lookout National Seashore posted on Facebook Sunday a cluster of sand pedestals, which were created by strong easterly winds that blew loose sand away from the hardened, wind-resistant sections of the beach, on the north end of North Core Banks.
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Featured Video
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New Hanover Compost Program Wins Award
The Carolina Recycling Association recognized New Hanover County’s Environmental Management Department with the 2019 Annual Recycling Award for the food waste composting program during the organization’s annual conference in March. Since beginning the program in November 2017, the county has generated more than 80 tons of compost, which is used in parks and gardens and shared with area organic farmers.
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