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SUMMARY:Clean Water for NC Virtual Fall Meeting!
DESCRIPTION:View the Meeting Program!\nReceive a Recording of Our Fall Meeting!\nAlthough ticket sales have ended\, you can still receive a copy of our Fall Meeting recording by following the instructions on our Eventbrite page \nClean Water for North Carolina (CWFNC) is a community-based Environmental Justice nonprofit organization established in 1984\, focusing on threats to environmental health\, quality of life\, and social justice.  We work with rural\, low-wealth\, and BIPOC communities through strategic and technical assistance\, policy advocacy\, and grassroots community organizing to protect and improve health\, water\, and air quality. \nThis year’s Fall Public Gathering is virtual and CWFNC is presenting “The Intersection of Civil Rights and Environmental Justice” with some exciting guest speakers\, Naeema Muhammad and Belinda Joyner\, followed by an exclusive and specialized virtual tour of the International Civil Rights Center and Museum! \nOur Fall Meeting is open to the public free of charge! We are also offering a virtual tour of the International Civil Rights Center and Museum located in Greensboro for $20. Just follow the registration instructions to register for our Fall Meeting and the optional virtual museum tour. \n  \nAbout our Fall Meeting guest speakers: \nNaeema Muhammad has worked as the Community Organizer for the North Carolina Environmental Justice Network (NCEJN) since 2001\, leading state-wide efforts and supporting grassroots efforts for environmental and social justice. Since 2014\, she has served as Organizing Co-Director of the NCEJN. She is also a founding member of Black Workers for Justice in N.C.\, a community-based organization founded in 1981 that addresses workers’ rights issues. \nMuhammad has worked on two National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences-funded grants: The Community Health and Environmental Reawakening project\, where she served as the Community Organizer and worked with communities adjacent to industrial hog operations; and the Community Health Effects of Industrial Hog Operations project\, where she worked as the Community Organizer\, Environmental Justice Educator\, and Interviewer\, and assisted her collaborators in qualitative data analysis. She has co-authored many publications with Dr. Steve Wing of the UNC-CH School of Public Health regarding community-based participatory research\, most recently published in the New Solutions Health Journal. \nBelinda Joyner is the Northeast Organizer of Clean Water for NC since the early 1990s. She grew up in Northampton County and has worked as a teacher’s assistant specializing in reading skills. She has been involved in numerous local environmental struggles and founded the Concerned Citizens of Northampton County. She has been an effective organizer against threats including a liquid fertilizer plant\, a hazardous waste incinerator\, a private prison\, and the Atlantic Coast Pipeline using Title VI challenges against the pipeline. Joyner has a strong\, decades-long history of grassroots organizing for diverse causes. \nCivil Rights Movement: \nThe federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race\, color\, religion\, sex or national origin. It was the first step to legally-required equal treatment of all individuals\, though it was not a magic fix-all. While the civil rights movement roared in the 1960s and ‘70s\, the US also experienced a booming environmental movement leading to the passing of the Clean Water Act (1972)\, Clean Air Act (1963)\, Endangered Species Act (1973)\, and so many more. However\, the two worlds did not really intersect as Civil Rights and Environment were treated as two separate movements and often composed of very different groups of people. \nEnvironmental Justice Movement: \nThe two were merged and “environmental justice” was sparked two decades later\, when the term was coined during the 1982 protests in Warren County\, NC\, when a grassroots effort worked to block a PCB-laced landfill in one of NC’s poorest counties\, with a supermajority of African-American residents. Fast forward to 2021\, and we are still seeing how BIPOC\, rural\, and low-wealth communities are treated as “sacrifice zones” and carry an inordinate share of the pollution burden. \nWe will discuss this intersection\, discuss present day sacrifice zones\, the EJ movement\, and the application of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. Our guest speakers have decades of direct experience in the environmental justice movement and will share their experiences\, lessons learned\, and what work still remains.
URL:https://cwfnc.org/calendar/save-the-date-cwfnc-virtual-fall-meeting/
CATEGORIES:Action Item,Community Event,Public Meeting
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210921
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211215
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SUMMARY:Pulling Back the Curtain: Who's Charting Our Energy Future?
DESCRIPTION:Pulling Back the Curtain: Who’s Charting Our Energy Future?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow does North Carolina incentivize clean energy production and infrastructure? What are the rules governing household electricity rates? How are we helping families adopt rooftop solar and electric vehicles\, and what more could we be doing? \n\nLearn in plain language how the current regulatory system works\, and how advocates like you can get involved to move North Carolina toward a clean energy future.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin CleanAIRE NC for a Six-Part Webinar Series\nSeptember 21 – December 14\nLearn more and register today!\nDOWNLOAD/PRINT SESSION DESCRIPTIONS HERE (PDF) \n\n\n\n\nBeginning September 21st\, webinar sessions are offered on select Tuesdays at 12:00pm (EST) and again at 5:30pm (EST); both times cover the same content so you may attend only one or both. Choose your time(s) during registration.
URL:https://cwfnc.org/calendar/pulling-back-the-curtain-whos-charting-our-energy-future/
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Public Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210920T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210920T210000
DTSTAMP:20210820T010137Z
CREATED:20210820T005900Z
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SUMMARY:Hearing for Carolina Sunrock LLC – Burlington North Draft Air Permit
DESCRIPTION:On August 24\, 2020\, the Division of Air Quality (DAQ) denied two permit applications for Carolina Sunrock\, LLC in Caswell County. \nCarolina Sunrock LLC submitted new applications to demonstrate compliance with National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). DAQ has scheduled public hearings for September 20 and September 21\, 2021: \n  \nDAQ to hold Public Hearing on Carolina Sunrock LLC – Burlington North draft permit on Sept. 20 \nRALEIGH – The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality (DAQ) will host a digital public hearing on Monday\, September 20 on a draft permit for the Carolina Sunrock LLC Burlington North facility in Caswell County. The public is invited to participate online or by phone. \nIn 2020\, DAQ denied the synthetic minor permit application after modeling found that the facility would violate both the nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) beyond the property boundary. Carolina Sunrock LLC submitted a new application to demonstrate compliance with NAAQS. \nEvent title: Public Hearing for Carolina Sunrock LLC – Burlington North Plant\nDate and Time: September 20\, 2021 at 6 p.m.\nPhone: US TOLL +1-415-655-0003\, Access Code 161 633 4904\nWebEx Link: https://bit.ly/3xlihM1\nEvent Password: NCDAQ\nIf you wish to speak at the public hearing\, you must register by 4:00 p.m. on September 20. To register\, please visit: https://bit.ly/2TYC1HC or call (919) 618-0968. \nFor those who are unable to attend or who experience technical difficulties\, comments can also be submitted by email to DAQ.publiccomments@ncdenr.gov with the subject line “Carolina Sunrock – Burlington North.” Comments may also be submitted via voicemail message at (919) 707-8726. Comments will be accepted until September 22\, 2021 at 5 p.m. \nThe draft permit\, draft permit review\, modeling memo\, and environmental justice draft report can be found at https://deq.nc.gov/carolina-sunrock.
URL:https://cwfnc.org/calendar/hearing-for-carolina-sunrock-llc-burlington-north-draft-air-permit/
CATEGORIES:Hearing
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210826T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210826T210000
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SUMMARY:Public Hearing Scheduled on Hood Creek Soils Mine Application
DESCRIPTION:The Division of Energy\, Mineral\, and Land Resources (DEMLR) plans to hold a public hearing on the Hood Creek Soils mining permit application on August 26\, 2021. The application for Mining Permit No. 14-14 (Pending) is for a soil and rock mining operation in Caldwell County. \nThe application\, public notice and proposed mine maps can be found online here. \nIn accordance with The Mining Act of 1971 § 74-51(c)\, the public hearing must be held by Aug. 31\, 2021. Based on current guidance to prevent the spread of COVID-19\, the division will hold a virtual public hearing. The public is invited to participate online or by phone. Speakers will be asked to register in advance. \nEvent title: Hood Creek Soils Public Hearing\nDate and Time: Thursday\, Aug. 26\, 7-9 p.m.\nWebEx Link: https://ncdenrits.webex.com/ncdenrits/j.php?MTID=m3180ed57eeca35d9ada661d6be222470 Event Password: NCDEMLR\nMeeting Number (Access Code): 161 494 8819\nBy Phone: English Audio: US TOLL 1-415-655-0003\nMeeting Number (Access Code): 161 494 8819 \nIf you wish to speak at the public meeting\, you must register by 12:00 p.m. on Aug. 26! \nTo register\, please visit: https://forms.office.com/g/svaBqWM7ik or call 919-707-9207.  Internet access is not required to participate in the meeting. To comment by phone\, when your name is called\, press *3 so the moderator can identify and open your line. Once you have made your comment\, please press *3 to end your comment. \nThe comment period is open through September 5\, 2021. Comments can be submitted via email to ncminingprogram@ncdenr.gov with the subject line “Hood Creek Soils\,” by leaving a voicemail at 919-707-9207 or by mail to: \nAdam Parr\nAssistant State Mining Engineer\nDivision of Energy\, Mineral\, and Land Resources\nDepartment of Environmental Quality\n1612 Mail Service Center\nRaleigh\, North Carolina 27699-1612 \nDEQ will consider all public comments and other available information about the permit application before deciding whether to issue the final permit\, deny the permit or issue it with amended conditions.
URL:https://cwfnc.org/calendar/public-hearing-scheduled-on-hood-creek-soils-mine-application/
CATEGORIES:Hearing
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210823T150000
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SUMMARY:Environmental Justice & Equity Advisory Board Meeting!
DESCRIPTION:Secretary’s Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board to meet August 23 \nRALEIGH – The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Secretary’s Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board will hold its meeting Monday\, August 23\, in the Archdale Ground Floor Hearing Room. The public is invited to either attend in person\, or listen to the meeting online or by phone.  Based on current guidance to prevent the spread of COVID-19\, public seating will be limited and face coverings are recommended for all attendees. \nWHO:             Secretary’s Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board \nWHAT:          Board Meeting with teleconference (WebEx) option \nWHEN:          Monday\, August 23\, from 3 to 5 p.m.\nA public comment period will be held from 5 to 6 p.m.\nTo sign up to provide comments\, please email ej@ncdenr.gov by 2 p.m. on August 23. \nTo attend via WebEx\, go to the following website:\nhttps://ncdenrits.webex.com/ncdenrits/onstage/g.php?MTID=e1e98c2db96c7c6e1528aa5352980e1b0\nMeeting number:  161 550 3309\nEvent password: NCDEQ\nPhone: +1-415-655-0003 US TOLL\nAccess code: 161 550 3309 \nThe Board’s 16 members were selected from across North Carolina and represent the diverse cultures of the state. To view a full list of the Board’s members go to: https://deq.nc.gov/outreach-education/environmental-justice/secretarys-environmental-justice-equity-board.
URL:https://cwfnc.org/calendar/environmental-justice-equity-advisory-board-meeting/
CATEGORIES:Public Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210821T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210821T210000
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SUMMARY:Hearing on Carolina Sunrock LLC – Prospect Hill Quarry & Distribution Center Draft Air Permit
DESCRIPTION:RALEIGH – The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality (DAQ) will host a digital public hearing on Tuesday\, September 21 on a draft permit for the Carolina Sunrock LLC – Prospect Hill Quarry and Distribution Center facility in Caswell County. The public is invited to participate online or by phone. \nIn 2020\, DAQ denied the synthetic minor permit application after modeling found that the facility would violate both the nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) beyond the property boundary. Carolina Sunrock LLC submitted a new application to demonstrate compliance with NAAQS. \nEvent title: Public Hearing for Carolina Sunrock LLC – Prospect Hill Quarry and Distribution Center\nDate and Time: September 21\, 2021 at 6 p.m.\nPhone: US TOLL +1-415-655-0003\, Access Code 161 805 4856\nWebEx Link: https://bit.ly/3rW9FdA\nEvent Password: NCDAQ\nIf you wish to speak at the public hearing\, you must register by 4:00 p.m. on September 21. To register\, please visit: https://bit.ly/3jthnIa or call (919) 618-0968. \nFor those who are unable to attend or who experience technical difficulties\, comments can also be submitted by email to DAQ.publiccomments@ncdenr.gov with the subject line “Carolina Sunrock – Prospect Hill Quarry and Distribution Center.” Comments may also be submitted via voicemail message at (919) 707-8726.  Comments will be accepted until September 23\, 2021 at 5 p.m. \nThe draft permit\, draft permit review\, modeling memo\, and environmental justice draft report can be found at https://deq.nc.gov/carolina-sunrock.
URL:https://cwfnc.org/calendar/hearing-on-carolina-sunrock-llc-prospect-hill-quarry-distribution-center-draft-air-permit/
CATEGORIES:Hearing
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