…a difference. “I used the last bit of my money to start Green Coast Recycling,” Cash said. “And I’ve been broke ever since.” Cliff Cash receives his Pelican Award from Sarah Gilliam, the Stop Titan coordinator. Six months after launching the Wilmington recycling company, rumors of Titan America’s plans to…
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Pelican Award Winner: Lovey’s Cafe Owners
…time when food shopping was a social occasion. The N.C. Coastal Federation gave Montemurro and Stewart 2012 Pelican Awards for their work against Titan. The federation gives the annual awards to recognize exemplary efforts to protect the coastal environment. “They are a petition-gathering machine for the stop Titan effort,” noted…
Rocky Point High-School Student Wins Contest
…Titan project could affect them. Other contestants chose to explain the importance of environmental regulations and to examine the effects of Titan’s emission on the region’s air and water. A few even tackled the third topic, watershed monitoring, and how the local watershed might be affected by Titan Cement’s proposal….
2012 Pelican Award: Lumina News
…are lightly treated by other print and television media, such as the Carolinas Cement–also known as Titan America–proposed cement plant in Castle Hayne, NC and the Stop Titan Action Network (STAN) coalition formed to deny the project. Sarah Gilliam is the program coordinator for STAN. She praised the continuous coverage…
Cameras Capture Wildlife Along River
…potential impact of the proposed Titan cement plant,” said Mike Giles, a coastal advocate for the federation who works out of the Wrightsville Beach office. “As we grow and proposer and develop, the habitat is getting fragmented. It’s getting divided by highways and by residential development that you see along…
Drinking Water: An Imperiled Resource
…groundwater supplies. Titan says no effects on groundwater are anticipated to affect groundwater quality. “We’ve had no wells go dry and we’ve been mining here almost 50 years,” said Bob Odom, general manager at Carolinas Cement Co., Titan’s local subsidiary. “We’ve seen nothing negative.” Catlin remains skeptical.“It will have an…
Can the Cape Fear Take More Mercury?
…River in Castle Hayne, a rural community outside of Wilmington. Titan America officials remain steadfast that the proposed facility will remain within EPA regulations as the company moves forward with plans to build the plant and operate a quarry on more than 3,000 acres in New Hanover County. The federal…
EPA Warns State on Permit Cases
…5,000 tons of air pollution each year. The case is pending before the N.C. Court of Appeals. Protesters representing the Stop Titan Action Network parade. Photo: Stop Titan Facebook Page In the other case, environmental groups Sound Rivers, a merger of the Neuse and Pamlico-Tar River foundations, and the federation…
DENR Moves to Block Groups in Lawsuit
…standards are lowered, I’m confident that Titan will submit a revised permit that will allow for more PM2.5” Titan last year requested through a revised air quality permit application to increase its potential release of particulate matter. The company maintains that the change is not expected to effect the proposed…
2013 Pelican Award Winners
…as Pelican Award winners along the southeast coast. Cliff Cash has been fighting the Titan America proposal since the day it was announced more than five years ago and he helped launch a grassroots organization, Stop Titan, to fight the plan. Fighting a corporate giant is no laughing matter but…
New Industry to Face More Scrutiny
…grows in the next 50 years.” Mike Giles While it is the intention of cement manufacturer Titan American to open a plant in Castle Hayne that sparked the federation to spearhead a study of the special-use permit, the review and subsequently proposed changes the team has sent to the county…
Federation to Present Annual Awards
…in Bristol Bay, Alaska. Meanwhile, Rick Shiver of Wilmington will be recognized for his research contributions strengthening the federation’s position against Titan Cement. Shiver, a geologist, became involved with the federation following his 30-year career as a regulator with the N.C. Department of the Environment and Natural Resources. He offered…