Date & Time Feb 21, 2023 12:00 PM Description Residents & Researchers: “Advancing Environmental Health and Justice: A Call for Assessment and Oversight of Health Care Waste” with Vincent Martin (V Martin Environmental Justice LLC), Omega Wilson (West End Revitalization Assoc., NC) and Denise Patel (NYC human rights and environmental activist). Moderated by Natalie Sampson […]
The purpose of these calls is to inform communities about EPA's environmental justice work and enhance opportunities to maintain an open dialogue with environmental justice advocates. As environmental justice continues to be integrated into EPA programs and policies, the Agency hopes that these calls will help reaffirm EPA’s continued commitment to work with community groups […]
Plan to attend the NC Resilient Communities Funding Forum taking place Feb. 28, 2023 at the Greenville Convention Center. Funding is often a barrier to resilience project implementation. The Funding Forum will focus on addressing this obstacle by introducing community leaders, policymakers and other stakeholders to federal, state and nonprofit funding opportunities for resilience-related projects. The free, one-day […]
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will hold a community information meeting on Tuesday, February 28, at Heide Trask Senior High School Auditorium in Rocky Point. DEQ will share updates on private well sampling underway for PFAS contamination in Columbus, New Hanover, Brunswick, and Pender counties. Staff will also answer questions from the public […]
This talk will examine the historical and contemporary impacts that solid waste facilities have on communities of color in North Carolina and reflect on the 40-year history of environmental justice organizing around waste facilities in the United States. Courtney Woods is an associate professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering at the Gillings […]
Duke Energy Progress, LLC Application of Duke Energy Progress, LLC, for Adjustment of Rates and Charges Applicable to Electric Service in North Carolina and for Performance Based Regulation Docket No. E-2 Sub 1300 Date Time Location Docket Description of Proceeding Public Witness Hearings: 3/06/2023 7:00pm Haywood County Courthouse, 285 N. Main Street, Courtroom 2-A,Waynesville, […]
Duke Energy Progress, LLC Application of Duke Energy Progress, LLC, for Adjustment of Rates and Charges Applicable to Electric Service in North Carolina and for Performance Based Regulation Docket No. E-2 Sub 1300 Date Time Location Docket Description of Proceeding Public Witness Hearings: 3/06/2023 7:00pm Haywood County Courthouse, 285 N. Main Street, Courtroom 2-A,Waynesville, […]
Duke Energy Progress, LLC Application of Duke Energy Progress, LLC, for Adjustment of Rates and Charges Applicable to Electric Service in North Carolina and for Performance Based Regulation Docket No. E-2 Sub 1300 Date Time Location Docket Description of Proceeding Public Witness Hearings: 3/06/2023 7:00pm Haywood County Courthouse, 285 N. Main Street, Courtroom 2-A,Waynesville, […]
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s State Energy Office will hold a public hearing Friday, March 17 to receive public input on its proposed grant application to the U.S. Department of Energy for the Preventing Outages and Enhancing the Resilience of the Electric Grid program created under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). […]
Duke Energy Progress, LLC Application of Duke Energy Progress, LLC, for Adjustment of Rates and Charges Applicable to Electric Service in North Carolina and for Performance Based Regulation Docket No. E-2 Sub 1300 Date Time Location Docket Description of Proceeding Public Witness Hearings: 3/06/2023 7:00pm Haywood County Courthouse, 285 N. Main Street, Courtroom 2-A,Waynesville, […]
Duke Energy Progress, LLC Application of Duke Energy Progress, LLC, for Adjustment of Rates and Charges Applicable to Electric Service in North Carolina and for Performance Based Regulation Docket No. E-2 Sub 1300 Date Time Location Docket Description of Proceeding Public Witness Hearings: 3/06/2023 7:00pm Haywood County Courthouse, 285 N. Main Street, Courtroom 2-A,Waynesville, […]
The biggest Earth Day celebration and one-day environmental education event in North Carolina!
