Letter from Jones Street: What's still on the plate
July 19, 2024
The NCGA adjournment resolution allows for lawmakers to be called back to Raleigh monthly through the end of the year. That means several bills we've been tracking may yet see more action before this legislative session is truly over.
Chris Herndon named NC Chapter's director
July 17, 2024
We're delighted to welcome longtime nonprofit leader Chris Herdon to the N.C. Sierra Club as our new Chapter Director. "The work of the N.C. Chapter is more crucial than ever as climate change increasingly threatens our environment and communities....
'Creation care:' When faith & environmental advocacy combine
July 16, 2024
As our summer fellows research ways to protect North Carolina's wetlands, Austin Spence recounts how one wetland became an urban oasis in Raleigh - and an outstanding example of faith-based environmental justice advocacy.
Letter from Jones Street: It ain't over till it's over
July 12, 2024
The NC General Assembly's 2024 "short session" is over - kinda. After a frustrating session, lawmakers adjourned, scheduling meetings monthly through the end of 2024. Here's where things stand.
We win! Nantahala logging project gets the axe
July 9, 2024
A designated "special interest area" in the Nantahala National Forest will be spared from logging under a settlement between the U.S. Forest Service and environmental groups including the Sierra Club. That's the latest in what's been a busy six...
News: Faced with our lawsuit, USFS drops Nantahala logging plan
June 26, 2024
In response to a lawsuit from a coalition of conservation groups including the Sierra Club, the U.S. Forest Service has announced that it is scrapping plans to log an important area of North Carolina’s Nantahala National Forest near the Whitewater...
Letter from Jones Street: Leaders' budget fight dominates the week
June 21, 2024
This week on Jones Street started with the promised release of a House budget - and the expected standoff between legislative leaders.
The House and Senate have been meeting cooperatively and behind closed doors on budget priorities since early...
Mattamuskeet birds protected from planned toxic chemical use this year
June 20, 2024
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to halt for this year its plans to turn Lake Mattamuskeet into a testing ground for a chemical that is toxic to birds, thanks to a lawsuit filed by the Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of the...
Resounding 'no' from speakers at hearing on Duke’s Hyco Lake gas plant
June 17, 2024
Community members and environmental experts warned that their well-being and the environment will be placed at long-running risk by Duke Energy's plan to build the first of two proposed methane gas plants on Hyco Lake.
They spoke at two public...
Letter from Jones Street: PFAS, pipelines, pigs
June 14, 2024
The state budget fine-tuning that's usually well underway at this time of year has hit a snag. But important environmental bills are making their way through committee vetting.