We’re excited to introduce you to our North Carolina team of organizers! Organizers Debra David, Dr. Ruby Bell, and Pastor Richie Harding all live in NC communities that the wood pellet industry most directly harms. In their respective communities, they’re educating their neighbors on the damaging impacts of the wood pellet biomass industry, and encouraging […]
Communities Across the South Unite in Opposition to Dirty Industry
Three years ago, as residents of Richmond County, North Carolina were fighting to stop a dirty Enviva wood pellet facility from building in their community. Meanwhile, residents in Colbert, GA were learning about a new polluting industry that had been proposed in their community – the Georgia Renewable Power Biomass Plant, promising to burn only […]
Release: New Investigation Shows Continued Forest Destruction for Wood Pellets
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 18, 2019, 9 am Contact: Scot Quaranda, [email protected], 828-242-3596 Photo credits: Dogwood Alliance As North Carolina Sets Ambitious Climate Goals, Biomass Has No Place in the State’s Clean Energy Future ASHEVILLE (June 18, 2019) – A new investigation exposes how valuable forests, wetlands, and habitats in North Carolina continue to […]
Statement: Victory on Pollution in Richmond County, Forests Still at Risk
Media Statement in response to the settlement of a lawsuit challenge from clean air groups that forces Enviva’s Richmond County, NC wood pellet factory to install pollution controls: Today, in a victory for clean air and public health, Clean Air Carolina represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center and Environmental Integrity Project signed an agreement […]
North Carolina Needs Climate Leadership, Not Climate Scams
This week, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper was selected as a climate leader to testify on Capitol Hill before the House Committee on Natural Resources. Governor Cooper called for bold climate action, including increased protections for our forests. But his actions in North Carolina tell a different a story. Every year, tens of thousands of […]