NC senate embraces “common sense” in scientific sea-level rise debate
North Carolina’s legislators are claiming to promote common sense while confronting the threat of rising ocean levels along the state’s coast. The Senate committee on Agriculture, Environment and...
View ArticleDaggumit: Defining common sense
After the House rejected what many legislators called a “common-sense” approach to addressing the issue of sea-level rise, the legislature is now preparing to take a second swing at securing North...
View ArticleQ&A on sea level rise basics
After a lengthy debate over whether the sea level on the North Carolina coast is rising, the legislature is expected to place a moratorium today on defining sea level rise until 2016. The reasoning for...
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What amount of sea level rise would put your beach house under water?
There has been debate about which prediction of sea level rise is the most accurate for North Carolina. The commonly accepted range is 15 to 55 inches. Click on a county below to see how many homes in...
View ArticleWho is NC-20?
NC-20 has been in the news lately for its role in public debate about sea level rise in North Carolina. The organization’s members have been portrayed as sea-level “deniers,” but are they only trying...
View ArticleThe facts of the matter: four states tangle with science
Last month, North Carolina’s Senate flirted with taking the state into full bonehead territory when it approved a bill that would have required state agencies to ignore scientific forecasts predicting...
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Republican-led General Assembly targets environmental rules
Anti-fracking protesters at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources public hearing in Chapel Hill, N.C. in March 2012. More than 600 people showed up, most of whom opposed the drilling...
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Cheat sheet: State eco-bills and issues of 2011-2012
It’s hard to keep up with the deluge of bills related to environmental policy that were debated, passed and/or vetoed in North Carolina during the 2011-2012 legislative cycle. We decided to break it...
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