It appears as though those silly global warming deniers aren’t welcome in the debate on sea levels in North Carolina. The Coastal Resources Commission appoints a “Science Panel” that produces…
A unanimous three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals affirmed this morning a lower-court ruling blocking implementation of a 2012 state law giving the N.C. Bail Agents Association the…
A split three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals affirmed a trial court ruling in a legal dispute between a coastal condo development north of Fort Fisher state park…
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If the projection of more than three feet of sea-level rise by 2100 has you ready to scuttle your North Carolina beach house, noted climate science expert Patrick Michaels might…
The North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission’s (CRC) forecast of sea level rise from climate change is far greater than the consensus estimate of the United Nations, and Atlantic hurricane activity…
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Over the last week we have heard a lot about the prediction of the N.C. Coastal Resources Commission’s Science Panel on Coastal Hazards, an effort supported by the NC Department…
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Senate Bill 1068, Permitting of Wind Energy Facilities, is heard in the Senate Agriculture Committee this morning. This bill would establish aparallel system of permits for the siting of wind…
Recently, the Environmental Management Commission, the Marine Fisheries Commission, and the Coastal Resources Commission created a 600-page behemoth of a plan called the Coastal Habitat Protection Plan (CHPP) and why…