RALEIGH – The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Secretary’s Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board is set to hold its first meeting of 2020 later this month. The meeting will take place 1 to 5 p.m. Feb. 24 at the Rural Economic Development Center, 4021 Carya Drive, Raleigh. The…
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Environmental Justice Board to Meet Aug. 24
RALEIGH – The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Secretary’s Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board will hold its meeting Monday, Aug. 24, remotely via teleconference, in place of an in-person meeting. The public is invited to listen to the meeting online or by phone. The meeting is set for…
Environmental Justice Board to Meet May 18
Updated May 15 to include agenda The state Department of Environmental Quality Secretary’s Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board will meet via teleconference Monday, May 18, instead of holding an in-person meeting. The public can listen to the meeting online or by phone. Topics on the agenda include how DEQ…
GenX: Focus Shifts to Environmental Justice
…instead diverting it into holding tanks, but water testing continues and concerns remain. “What I have seen over and over again in my work as an environmentalist is environmental injustice. Whether it’s where we put landfills or hazardous waste incinerators, where we build factory farms or cement plants, or fertilizer…
Environmental Justice Board Meeting Aug. 21
CHEROKEE – The fifth meeting of the state Department of Environmental Quality Secretary’s Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board is 1-4 p.m. Aug. 21 in the Cherokee Hospital Executive Conference Room. The board will receive updates on the department’s public participation plan, the North Carolina Community Mapping System and Gov….
State Environmental Justice Board to Meet
CHARLOTTE – The state Department of Environmental Quality Secretary’s Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board is to discuss during its next meeting May 22 Gov. Roy Cooper’s Executive Order 80 and hear a presentation on Charlotte’s efforts to implement its energy transition resolutions. The fourth meeting of the board is…
Environmental Justice Board to Meet
WILMINGTON – The third meeting of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Secretary’s Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board is Feb. 12. The meeting will be from 1 to 5 p.m. in Cape Fear Community College in the Union Station boardroom, 411 N. Front St. The board, which was…
Environmental Justice, Equity Board to meet May 24
The state Department of Environmental Quality Secretary’s Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board will hold its quarterly meeting 3-5 p.m. May 24 online. The meeting agenda is being finalized. The public is invited to listen to the meeting online or by phone. A public comment period will be from 5-6p.m. To sign…
Environmental justice advisory board to meet remotely
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Secretary’s Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board has scheduled a virtual meeting for 3-5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 28. The agenda is expected to be posted to the board’s webpage by the end of this week, a state representative told Coastal Review Thursday. The…
Environmental Justice, Equity Advisory Board to meet
The quarterly business meeting of the Secretary’s Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board will be in-person 3 p.m. Feb. 9 in the Green Square Training Room in Raleigh. The agenda is to be made available on the state Department of Environmental Quality website before the meeting. The public can attend…
Environmental justice community input session Dec. 14
The governor’s office and cabinet agencies are asking for public comment, input and recommendations to advance environmental justice. The state is holding three community input sessions, the first of which is to be held virtually from 4-6 p.m. Dec. 14. The outreach is a directive under Executive Order 246, North…
Special virtual meeting set for Environmental Justice Board
The state Department of Environmental Quality Secretary’s Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board will hold a special, online meeting at 6 p.m. May 10 on the topic of cumulative impacts. Cumulative impacts are the combined, incremental effects of human activity, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. The public can attend…