BOLIVIA—With the proposed North Carolina International Terminal project on hold indefinitely, members of the No Port Southport group want to work with county commissioners to bring in clean, green industry to the site. Harry Burrell of No Port Southport, making a presentation to county commissioners on Monday, said the group had, “a new vision for the land that was originally purchased for North Carolina International Terminal.”
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Port Opponents Pitch Vision on New Use of Terminal Land
Thursday, August 5th, 2010CRC Votes to Allow Sandbags to Remain on Figure Eight
Monday, July 19th, 2010The oceanfront house near the northern end of Figure Eight Island is gone, but its 90-foot string of sandbags can stay. That was the ruling of the N.C. Coastal Resources Commission on Thursday on a request to keep a wall of sandbags on the beach that are now protecting an empty oceanfront lot on the New Hanover County private island.
Small Fish Kill in Craven Seems Localized
Friday, July 16th, 2010Lower Neuse River Keeper Larry Baldwin said Wednesday that a small fish kill off of Carolina Pines appeared to be a localized incident. “It doesn’t seem to be anything huge. If anything it looks like a very localized low dissolved oxygen situation,” Baldwin said.
Earlier in the day, a local crabber reported dead fish floating off the development on the south shore of the Neuse River. “We’re probably talking about a couple hundred at the most. There are some seagulls laying offshore. That can be an indicator that there are some fish offshore,” Baldwin said.
This is the time of year when conditions most typically come together to create fish kills.
Camp Lejeune Water Survivors Take to the Road
Friday, July 16th, 2010Advocates pushing for answers about water contamination at North Carolina’s Camp Lejeune Marine base have taken their documents on the road. Mike Partain, a male breast cancer survivor from Florida, and Jerry Ensminger, a retired master sergeant in White Lake, whose daughter died in 1985 of childhood leukemia, have held three informational gatherings in the Southeast in recent months.
The men want to bring together Marine veterans and their family members who might have been exposed to toxic water at Camp Lejeune from the mid-1950s to the mid-1980s.
Climate Change Panel’s End May be Temporary
Monday, March 22nd, 2010The end is almost near for a legislative commission initiated five years ago to examine the science behind global climate changes and recommend how North Carolina should respond to a warming planet. Or is it? After meeting 21 times, spending $80,000 in taxpayer money and getting three extensions from the General Assembly to keep working, the final recommendations by the panel this spring certainly will be ripe for scrutiny by both supporters and skeptics of the idea that humans can reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Associated Press.
Titan’s Fla. Mines Ordered Shut After Polluting Water Supply
Friday, January 29th, 2010Titan America’s subsidiary in Florida had its mining operations partially closed down after it was linked to contamination in Miami-Dade’s water supply at the same time that New Hanover County was vetting the company for a $4.2 million incentive package, according to news reports and court documents.
U.S. District Court Judge William Hoeveler issued an injunction on July 13, 2007, against Titan’s Florida subsidiary, Tarmac America, ordering it to cease all lime rock mining activity because its quarry on a Miami-Dade well field had been linked to contamination. Lumina News.
State should heed forecasts for a steady rising tide
Friday, January 22nd, 2010On the North Carolina coast, the rising tide is on a course that will drown roads and houses. That will be discouraging, unless the state begins serious planning to deal with steadily rising sea levels Fayetteville Observer.
Brad Miller demands funding for probe of Lejeune tainted water
Friday, January 22nd, 2010A letter signed by North Carolina Congressman Brad Miller on Friday to the secretary of the U.S. Navy includes a list of demands regarding funding for Camp Lejeune water studies and a deadline for response. Jacksonville Daily News.