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MT Raleigh Report | April 18, 2017 — Wait, Then Hurry Up
The General Assembly has picked up speed in recent weeks, following the passage of the recent HB2-related legislation. Last week, Legislators had a short week before heading out of town for a spring break. They return today, April 18th, and will rush headlong towards “crossover”— the deadline for most bills to be passed by at least one chamber in order to be considered for the rest of the session.
Wild & Scenic Film Festival Returns to Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
The Wild & Scenic Film Festival returns to Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.’s Mills River location on May 4, 2017. The Wild & Scenic Film Festival features the year’s best short-form nature, wilderness and outdoor adventure films. Get your Tickets before they sell out.
Where are they now? Plans for WNC’s energy future
Joan Walker, MountainTrue Campaigns Director, provides and update on the work of the Asheville-Buncombe County Energy Innovation Taskforce and the progress made toward avoiding the construction of the proposed additional 190 Megawatt gas-fired “peaking” plant.
MountainTrue tells McHenry: Don’t support EPA budget cuts
On Wednesday April 12, MountainTrue staff met with Congressman Patrick McHenry’s Regional Representative, Roger Kumpf, to talk about some of our concerns with the Trump Administration’s spending and regulatory priorities. We delivered a letter (see below) focusing on President Trump’s proposed 31% cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency — a reckless and extreme proposal that would endanger the health and wellbeing of communities across the country and right here in Western North Carolina.
MountainTrue Announces Green Riverkeeper at 11th Annual Spring Green Bash
MountainTrue is pleased to announce that Gray Jernigan, MountainTrue’s Southern Regional Director, is now also the new Green Riverkeeper and will serve as a fundamental protector of the Green River watershed. MountainTrue’s Riverkeeper programs are key to our endeavors to monitor and protect the quality of our region’s waterways.
Saving our Rivers and Streams, One Live Stake at a Time
Have you ever been out on your favorite river, gliding by a beautiful green and mossy bank, and noticed what looked like a big bare dirt scar? Chunks of the bank are falling into the water like icebergs, and not even a blade of grass can hold onto the quickly eroding soil. A lot of factors can contribute to such erosion, but the end result is the same, Sediment — the number one problem pollutant impacting our rivers.