Recent News
North Carolina Ranked #5 in the Country for Installed Solar in 2012!
According to the U.S. Solar Marker Insight Year-in-Review 2012 report by SEIA and GTM Research, 2012 was a record year for many states. California became the first state to install over 1 GW in one year, with cumulative installations making it 7th in the world (if it were its own country). North Carolina ranked 5th in the country for 2012 solar installations, but is on pace to be 4th in the country in 2013.
Fracking wastewater poses a risk
Editorial - Raleigh News & Observer - The news on fracking just keeps getting worse. As Republican lawmakers in the General Assembly rush to open the state to energy companies eager to mine natural gas reserves believed trapped in shale rock formations deep underground, they seem to be stumbling into reality a little at a time.
Fracking is the procedure used to extract that gas, and basically it means pumping in huge amounts of water and chemicals to smash that shale. But the wastewater from the process has to go somewhere, and now it turns out that somewhere might include North Carolina’s precious and fragile coastal counties. Potentially jeopardizing the state’s most valued natural resource and the bedrock, so to speak, of the tourism industry is foolhardy.
NC's coastal counties could get fracking waste if ban lifted
By John Murawski —
Forty years ago, when North Carolina banned using deep wells to permanently dump industrial waste, some thought the issue had been decided for good. Now state lawmakers who want to turn North Carolina into the nation’s next fracking hotspot are reopening the case for injecting brines and toxins deep underground.
This time, the proposal is shifting the fracking debate from the center of the state, where the energy exploration and economic benefits would occur, to tourism-dependent coastal communities where the disposal wells would have to be drilled.
Calendar
Webinar: Solar Energy in NC
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 - 21:30 to 22:30
Encore Behind-the-Scenes at Fort Fisher Aquarium
Saturday, April 13, 2013 - 10:00
Green Swamp Hike
Saturday, May 4, 2013 - 10:00
Rich Inlet Tour Rescheduled
Saturday, April 6, 2013 - 10:00
Paddle at Lake Waccamaw
Sunday, March 24, 2013 - 10:00 to 14:00
South Mountains State Park Hike
Sunday, March 10, 2013 - 08:30 to 17:00
Backpacking Conditioning in Umstead
Saturday, March 16, 2013 - 10:00 to 13:00
Dragon's Tooth and McAfee's Knob Backpack
Friday, March 8, 2013 - 08:00 to Sunday, March 10, 2013 - 15:00
Beginner Backpacking in Uwharrie National Forest
Saturday, April 20, 2013 - 08:00 to Sunday, April 21, 2013 - 17:00
Backpacking 101
Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 19:00
ENO RIVER HIKE: Pea Creek and Dunnagan Trails
Saturday, February 9, 2013 - 13:30 to 15:00
Forward on Climate Rally - Washington, DC
Sunday, February 17, 2013 (All day)
Daniel Ridge
Saturday, March 16, 2013 (All day)
AVERY CREEK-TWIN FALLS TRAIL
Saturday, February 23, 2013 (All day)
Caesar's Head Area in S. Carolina
Saturday, February 9, 2013 (All day)
Fort Fisher Aquarium - Behind-the-Scenes Tour
Saturday, February 16, 2013 - 12:30 to 17:00
Umstead Hike and Ruins Exploration
Saturday, February 2, 2013 - 10:00 to 14:00
Super Bowl Sunday Morning Hike - Anne Springs Close Greenway
Sunday, February 3, 2013 - 12:00 to 15:00
Eno River Hike: Cox Mtn/ Fanny Ford
Sunday, January 13, 2013 - 13:00 to 15:00
Crowders Mountain State Park - Day Hike
Saturday, January 5, 2013 - 12:30 to 15:30
Birding and Wildlife in Northeastern NC
Saturday, January 12, 2013 - 14:00 to Sunday, January 13, 2013 - 14:00
Stargazing & Geminid Meteor Shower
Friday, December 14, 2012 - 18:00
Art Loeb Backpack
Friday, December 28, 2012 (All day) to Monday, December 31, 2012 (All day)
Adopt-A-Highway
Saturday, December 1, 2012 - 09:00
New Year's Day Yadkin River Day Hike
Tuesday, January 1, 2013 - 13:00
Hanging Rock State Park Day Hike
Saturday, December 15, 2012 - 09:00
Mountain Trail Day Hike in Pilot Mountain State Park
Saturday, November 24, 2012 - 09:00 to 14:00
Mattamuskeet NWR, Hyde County
Saturday, January 19, 2013 (All day)
Tar River Paddle
Sunday, November 11, 2012 - 12:45 to 16:30
Neusiok Trail Hike in Croatan National Forest
Saturday, November 17, 2012 - 09:00
NC Chapter Executive Committee Meeting
Sunday, November 11, 2012 - 09:00 to 13:00
NC Sierra Club: Conservation Planning and Priority Setting Meeting
Saturday, November 10, 2012 - 10:00 to 14:30
Boat Tour Rich Inlet Area
Sunday, October 28, 2012 - 15:00 to 18:00
First in Flight, First in Wind: A Conversation about Wind Energy in North Carolina
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 - 19:00 to 21:00
Beach Sweep Each Sunday on Bogue Banks
Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 15:30