It's the end of the year, which means it's time again for Jack Betts of the Charlotte Observer to share his 2006 State of the Environment. We'll start with the bad news, or as Betts titles this section, "Essential Conflict: Growth vs. Green." The biggest environmental challenge currently facing North Carolina is its outdated energy policy. Other significant challenges facing the state are hog waste, climate change, gentrification of the coast, political interference, landfills, air pollution, declining wildlife refuges and national parks, polluted runoff and the loss of forests, traditional viewscape and natural areas. But there is some light on the horizon. Betts follows his report on North Carolina's challenges with a report on the state's successes. Here he mentions the Catawba Lands Conservancy and the Nature Conservancy protecting substantial tracts of land, oyster bed restoration by the Coastal Federation, mercury controls for coal-fired power plants adopted by the Environmental Management Commission and the city of Charlotte being highlighted by the Sierra Club as an environmentally friendly place to live.
Friday, February 6, 2009
2006 State of the Environment
It's the end of the year, which means it's time again for Jack Betts of the Charlotte Observer to share his 2006 State of the Environment. We'll start with the bad news, or as Betts titles this section, "Essential Conflict: Growth vs. Green." The biggest environmental challenge currently facing North Carolina is its outdated energy policy. Other significant challenges facing the state are hog waste, climate change, gentrification of the coast, political interference, landfills, air pollution, declining wildlife refuges and national parks, polluted runoff and the loss of forests, traditional viewscape and natural areas. But there is some light on the horizon. Betts follows his report on North Carolina's challenges with a report on the state's successes. Here he mentions the Catawba Lands Conservancy and the Nature Conservancy protecting substantial tracts of land, oyster bed restoration by the Coastal Federation, mercury controls for coal-fired power plants adopted by the Environmental Management Commission and the city of Charlotte being highlighted by the Sierra Club as an environmentally friendly place to live.
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