As part of Clean Energy Week, Sept. 22-28, NCDOT secretary presented Thursday a video and highlights of the state’s strategic plan for increasing the number of zero-emission vehicles, or ZEVs, in the state.
News Briefs
NCDOT Fields ‘Jug Handle’ Bridge Questions
NCDOT representatives answered questions and provided updates Thursday on Rodanthe “jug handle” Bridge construction during a meeting with residents and property owners immediately impacted by the project.
Carteret Panel OKs $28.2M Nourishment Bid
The Carteret County Beach Commission voted to accept a $28.2 million bid for a Bogue Banks beach nourishment project to begin early next year.
NC Challenges Endangered Species Rollbacks
Attorney General Josh Stein joins 17 other attorneys generals from across the country in a lawsuit over the Trump administration’s rollback of Endangered species protections, effective Thursday.
Cooper, Cabinet Members Visit Ocracoke
Gov. Roy Cooper and members of his cabinet visited Ocracoke Island Monday to survey recovery efforts following Hurricane Dorian’s Sept. 6 landfall.
Sea Grant Launches ‘Lessons in Mariculture’
North Carolina Sea Grant has launched “Lessons in Mariculture,” an online suite of free lesson plans for science classrooms to introduce high schoolers to marine aquaculture, or “mariculture,”
Spill at Chemours Site Reaches Cape Fear
The Cape Fear Public Utility Authority in Wilmington and Brunswick County’s water utility temporarily stopped drawing water from the Cape Fear River in response to a spill at the Chemours Fayetteville Works site.
Ferry Long-Range Plan Survey Now Open
The state Ferry Division is asking the public for input that will be used to develop a long-range plan intended to help better meet the needs of passengers and communities.
Informal Meeting Set on ‘Jug Handle’ Bridge
NCDOT is holding Thursday an informal informational meeting to provide updates on the Rodanthe “jug handle” bridge currently under construction.
Sept. 22-28 is Clean Energy Week in NC
Gov. Roy Cooper will sign Monday a proclamation declaring Sept. 22-28 Clean Energy Week and will hear the North Carolina Clean Energy Plan Friday during the North Carolina Climate Change Interagency Council meeting in Raleigh
NC Joins Case Against Trump Emissions Rule
California, North Carolina and 22 other states have filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the Trump administration from preempting California’s ability to set its own vehicle emission standards.
Water Quality Advocate Todd Krafft Dies
Todd Krafft, Nags Head’s water quality coordinator and environmental planner and manager of the town’s Septic Health Initiative, died Monday in Kill Devil Hills. He was 46.
Relief Team Offers Links to Help Ocracoke
Ocracoke relief workers said that because of overwhelming response they have turned to organizations with the resources to coordinate volunteer forces and donations for the village wrecked by Hurricane Dorian.
Duke Energy Seeks Nuclear License Renewals
Duke Energy will seek a 20-year renewal of operating licenses for reactors at six nuclear power plants, including the Brunswick plant near Southport.
Dominion Announces Offshore Wind Project
Dominion Energy says it’s moving on a plan to build in federal waters off Virginia Beach the largest offshore wind development in the country.
Carteret Gets $18M to Restore Beaches
FEMA and the state announced Friday that more than $18 million will go to reimburse expenses restoring Bogue Banks beaches damaged during Hurricane Florence.
