WOTUS Rollback: ‘No Wetlands, No Seafood’
Guest columnists and North Carolina watermen Morty Gaskill and Ryan Bethea write that the EPA’s rollback of water quality protections threatens the state’s seafood industry.
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Climate Change Workshop April 1-3
Registration is open now for the Southeast and Caribbean Climate Community of Practice Workshop scheduled for Monday, April 1, through Wednesday, April 3, at The Blockade Runner in Wrightsville Beach.
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Talk Set on Climate Change and the Military
Retired Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Stephen Cheney, Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo and retired Navy Capt. Terry Bragg will lead a discussion Feb. 26 in Wilmington of how N.C. military installations and military families are affected by climate change.
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Group to Honor Etheridge, Life-Saving Crew
The Pea Island Preservation Society is set to present “Freedmen, Surfmen, Heroes: The Unique Story of Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island Life-Savers,” Saturday on Roanoke Island and in Duck.
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DOE Seeks to Spur Lithium-Ion Recycling
In celebration of National Battery Day, Feb. 18, the U.S. Department of Energy is touting a new research center and offering cash awards for designs to profitably recycle lithium-ion batteries.
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Another Dead Humpback Washes Ashore
The dead humpback whale that washed up on a beach in Corolla Sunday is the seventh stranding so far this year on Outer Banks beaches.
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Oyster Summit to Spotlight Mariculture
The daylong 2019 North Carolina Oyster Summit set for March 12 in Raleigh will focus on habitat restoration, the growing mariculture industry and related economic benefits and opportunities.
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Group Offers Ride to Farm Permit Meeting
Cape Fear River Watch plans to charter a bus to Kenansville Tuesday to help Wilmington-area residents get to the first of two meetings on three general permits for livestock operations.
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Pamlico Hazard Mitigation Plan Meeting Set
A public input meeting about updating the 2015 Pamlico Sound Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan is at 6 p.m. Feb. 28 in Emerald Isle.
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Marine Debris Cleanup Underway
This pile of marine debris has been collected since Monday from the uninhabited islands around Swansboro by a crew of commercial fishermen, boat captains and marine contractors and is being stored at Casper’s Marina in downtown Swansboro. The 2019 Post Hurricane Florence Marine Debris Collection Project, coordinated by the North Carolina Coastal Federation, is expected to continue for about a year. Photo: Jennifer Allen
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EJ Board Gives Voice to Poor Neighborhoods
The N.C. DEQ’s Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board this week toured poor communities near Wilmington that are plagued by contamination.
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EPA Announces PFAS Action Plan
Environmental Protection Agency Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler announces Thursday EPA’s Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances, or PFAS, Action Plan. EPA said its plan identifies both short-term solutions for addressing these chemicals and long-term strategies for providing clean, safe drinking water and addressing PFAS at the source. Critics say EPA could do more.
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Greenhouse Gas Inventory Shows Decline
The state’s inventory of greenhouse gas emissions requested by Gov., Roy Cooper’s executive order has been made public, and it shows a nearly 24 percent reduction since 2005.
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Core Sound Museum Event Set for Feb. 22
The annual winter edition of Taste of Core Sound, a fundraiser for the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center is to be held this year in Morehead City.
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Outer Banks Towns Dig For Flooding Fixes
Outer Banks officials are tapping state grants, partnering on studies and taking other steps to address increasingly persistent flooding and faulty, inadequate drainage systems.
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New Hanover Touts Developer Permit Site
New Hanover County announced this week a new online tool for developers to submit applications and obtain county permits that also allows tracking permits in process.
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Talk to Focus on World War II Shipwrecks
Coastal Studies Institute in Wanchese will host Feb. 21 a program on the battles of the Atlantic off the North Carolina coast as part of its monthly Science on the Sound lecture series.
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Coastal Ambassador Training Set to Begin
The North Carolina Coastal Federation’s first Southeast Coastal Ambassador Training of the year will begin at 6 p.m. Feb. 27 in Wrightsville Beach.
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How A Beach Town Manages Coyote, Deer
Eradication is not the goal for Emerald Isle’s efforts to control wildlife within its town limits, rather officials seek to strike a balance so residents and wildlife can safely coexist.
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Stan Meiburg Assumes EMC Chairmanship
Former Environmental Protection Agency deputy administrator Stan Meiburg has taken over as chairman of the state’s Environmental Management Commission.
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Butterfly Highway Connects Safe Habitats
The Butterfly Highway, a project to protect habitat and build advocacy and awareness for pollinators, has so far protected more than 30,000 acres.
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Restoration Grant Proposals Due May 3
N.C. Division of Water Resources is accepting proposals until May 3 for watershed restoration project grants, which will be funded under Section 319 of the Clean Water Act during the 2019 grant cycle.
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Solar Firm Tests Wildlife-Friendly Fencing
A Charlotte-based solar farm developer says it’s testing and has installed at two of its N.C. sites wildlife-friendly fencing that allows animals such as rabbits, squirrels and raccoons to pass through.
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Longtime Rep. Walter Jones Jr. Dies at 76
Twelve-term Congressman Walter B. Jones Jr., whose district included coastal counties from Currituck to Onslow, died Sunday on his 76th birthday.
