The newest commercial-scale solar project near Bath will power about 2,000 homes and pump $20 million into the local economy.
News & Features
Houses on the Beach and the Public Trust
A coastal community on the Outer Banks struggles with what to do with houses that end up in the public trust area due to beach erosion.
2012 Pelican Award: Lumina News
The federation gave a 2012 Pelican Award to the Lumina News of Wrightsville Beach for its dedicated coverage of local coastal issues.
Climate Change, Insurance and the Coast, Part 2
Part 2 of the series takes a look at efforts undertaken by specific locales to address problems of coastal insurance in a changing climate.
Climate Change, Insurance and the Coast, part 1
Part 1 of this two-part series takes a look at the insurance industry’s efforts to address coastal climate change in their risk assessment scenarios.
National Seashores: On the Front Line of Climate Change
A recent report on the effects of climate change and sea level rise on National Seashores is all the more relevant in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.
Pelican Award Winner: East Carolina Community Development, Inc.
Eastern Carolina Community Development, Inc., one of the federation’s Pelican Award winners, provides an excellent demonstration of how low impact development can be incorporated into affordable housing.
New Dealership Going Green
Stevenson Toyota in Jacksonville has a new dealership under construction and the federation is congratulating them, because they’re designing the site as a showcase of low-impact development.
Who Will Pay for Ports’ Pellet Plan?
Aside from being a good tongue twister, that’s the $70 million question that has yet to be answered after the N.C. Railroad Co. declined to financially back a pellet storage facility at the state port in Morehead City.
One Man’s Fight to Save a Cypress Tree
Tommy Perkins has been waging a one-man campaign to stop Elizabeth City from ripping up cypress knees from a waterway in his backyard.
Pelican Award Winner: Pat Armstrong
As a teacher at Columbia Middle School, Pat Armstrong worked tirelessly to create a rain garden at the school and to instill in her students a love for science and the natural world around them.
A Home on Isaac’s Creek: Views Galore, Up for Grabs
A couple in Carteret County built their dream home far up Isaac’s Creek. Now circumstances have dictated that you could own their piece of only-by-boat paradise.
Head of the Class: Onslow County School System Gives Federation Award
Rain Gardens Rule! The Onslow County School System gave us its annual Businesses Assisting Schools award this year for working with students to install them in local schools.
Bonner Bridge Permit Challenge Denied
The chairman of the N.C. Coastal Resources Commission yesterday denied a challenge of the permit that would allow the state to begin building a replacement for the aging Herbert C. Bonner Bridge across Oregon Inlet in Dare County.
Groin Project Would Benefit One Family Most Directly
Family members of the late Odell Williamson own most of the properties that would benefit directly from a proposed terminal groin project at Ocean Isle Beach, according to an analysis by the N.C. Coastal Federation.
Campus for Coastal Studies Institute Almost Ready
UNC’s Coastal Studies Institute is slated to open the doors to its Outer Banks Campus in November, finally giving the institute a home to continue the research and education programs it has been conducting in Dare County since 2003.
