That Ain’t Right!
With the North Carolina unemployment rate stuck at around 10%, we elected the current legislators to create jobs. Unfortunately, they’ve been sidetracked by issues that have very little to do with jobs and, in some cases, actually kill them. In their zest to roll back protections for air and water and to derail clean energy initiatives, they have ignored their mandate and put our economy in peril. With misguided priorities, and late night voting shenanigans there is no wonder that their approval rating is only 16%. For the sake of all North Carolinian’s, That ain’t right.
(Updates 1/9/2012)
N.C. Legislators Receive Lowest Environmental Scores Ever on NCLCV Scorecard.
The Scorecard is a valuable tool voters can use to evaluate which legislators best represent their environmental values. The Conservation Scorecard gives each state legislator a score of 0 to 100 based on his or her votes on key environmental bills in the recent session of the General Assembly. Click on link for full nclcv_scorecard_2011.
(Updates 1/2/2012)
Lawmakers Return for Veto Override Meeting
Wednesday January 4th lawmakers will return to Raleigh to discuss several gubernatorial veto overrides including SB 709, the Energy Jobs Act. The bill reverses the state’s long-time reluctance to allow oil and gas exploration and drilling, requires the Governor to join a pact with other states to ” “to develop and implement a strategy to increase exploration and production of offshore oil and gas”, calls for the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources to conduct a fracking study and reconfigures the Energy Policy Council to be more fossil-fuel friendly
(Updates 7/25/2011)
State Cuts Push up Jobless Rate
Last month North Carolina lost over 10,000 jobs in large part to the new State Budget, pushing the jobless rate up to 9.9%. This is almost a full percentage point higher than the National average. Many estimate that this loss is just the first wave of unemployment to caused by the most recent budget.
(Updates 7/1/2011)
NCLCV Welcomes End of War on Environment
The attack on many of the things that make North Carolina a great place to live and do business began on January 27 when the 2011 Long Session was gaveled in under new leadership and lasted up till the very end.
Updates (06/28/2011)
The Unjustified ‘Gift’ of Dirtier Air
Despite political rhetoric there is little linking a dirty environment to a strong economy.
Updates (06/27/2011):
DISTURBING THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF OUR BEACHES: s110
S110, as passed through the House and the Senate, would lift the ban on building expensive hardened structures, like terminal groins and jetties, on our coastline. Both Democrats and Republicans alike support the ban on these structures. However, threats from a few misinformed politicians have allowed for more of these structures, which increase erosion and beach maintenance costs.
Find out how expensive hardened structures pose a threat to our beaches >
Updates (06/17/2011):
FUZZY MATH HIDES PUBLIC DEMAND FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS
Last month, Majority legislative staff provided their analysis of written comments to the Joint Regulatory Reform Committee established by Senate Joint Resolution 17. See the analysis here, and then check the math and judge for yourself.
The numbers show that North Carolinians who submitted comments oppose regulatory reform by two to one – 740 oppose, and 344 support. But the Majority dismisses 573 North Carolina citizens who oppose regulatory reform, and what do you know – now their analysis shows people supporting regulatory reform by two to one. This is the math they brought to the budget debate?
If you add in people who came out and testified at six hearings held by the Joint Committee over the past few months, the picture doesn’t change. Based on a review of video recordings of the six hearings, 162 people voiced support for environmental regulations and 129 expressed an objection to regulations or complained about inconsistent application of regulations.
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