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News Release | Environment North Carolina Research and Policy Center

North Carolina Clean Air Groups Join Together to Deliver Eight Millionth Comment Supporting EPA Limits on Carbon Pollution from Power Plants

Raleigh, NC--   As the public comment period on the Clean Power Plan came to a close today, North Carolina groups supporting climate action delivered a symbolic “8 millionth” comment supporting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards to reduce carbon pollution from power plants. Since early 2012, the following North Carolina groups and many others have collected over 200,000 comments, contributing to the 8 million comments overall that have been collected from among the majority of North Carolinians and other Americans who support clean energy and carbon pollution limits for power plants.

News Release | Environment North Carolina Research and Policy Center

Report: 20 percent solar in reach

RALEIGH, NC –Solar power is growing so quickly in North Carolina that goals once considered ambitious are now readily achievable, according to a new report by Environment North Carolina Research & Policy Center.

“We can get to 20% solar in North Carolina by 2030 if we just keep our foot on the accelerator,” said Maya Gold, Clean Energy Associate with Environment North Carolina. “That’s a small fraction of what’s possible, but it will make a big difference in the quality of our lives and the future of our planet.”

The group’s researchers found that North Carolina’s solar capacity has grown 127% in recent years. At a fifth of this pace, solar could still generate 20% of North Carolina’s electricity within 15 years— a goal once thought improbable by many.

News Release | Environment North Carolina Research and Policy Center

New report highlights progress for North Fork First Broad River, calls for more success stories

Raleigh, NC.-On the eve of the close of the public comment period for the new Clean Water Rule, a new report tells the story of how the bedrock environmental law has helped to restore and protect the North Fork First Broad River from development and pollution.

News Release | Environment North Carolina

North Carolina solar businesses ready to roll with clean power

RALEIGH, NC – 528 solar businesses, including 49 from North Carolina, issued a letter to the White House today, endorsing limits on carbon pollution from power plants and advocating that solar energy become a focal point of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Clean Power Plan.

News Release | Environment North Carolina

Three of North Carolina’s coal plants rank among the fifty dirtiest plants in the country

A new study shows that North Carolina’s coal-fired power plants are some of the biggest polluters in the country, with two ranking in the top twenty and three ranking among the fifty dirtiest plants in the nation. Clean energy businesses, medical professionals, and academics pointed to the data to support proposed limits on carbon pollution from power plants.

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