…secrets. Maybe the poet John Keats best served justice to this point when he declared that Newton had destroyed the poetry of rainbows by reducing them to mere prisms of light, revealing that even at the height of the Enlightenment, poetry and science were suspiciously seen as strange bedfellows by…
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Oysters Tell the Story of Our Coast
…your average holiday dinner. From Wilmington to Corolla, the most challenging issues of our times — gentrification, food justice, race, socioeconomic inequality, climate change, oil, corporate responsibility and sustainability — coalesce in towns built along North Carolina’s sounds and coast. The natural beauty of that landscape, and the seafood and…
Our Celestial Coast: Meteor Showers
…justice to the beauty of this star cluster. November Moon Phases Third Quarter: Nov. 3 New Moon: Nov. 11 First Quarter: Nov. 19 Full Moon: Nov. 25 Learn More Sky Map app Star Walk app Sky charts Bortie Dark-Sky Scale This story is provided courtesy of the Island Free Press,…
New Energy Bills Pave the Way
2007-2008 Session SJR1987 — ERC Study Offshore Drilling for Energy Needs. Primary sponsors: Sen. James Forrester The first in a series of similar proposals, the bill was a joint resolution that read: “The Environmental Review Commission may study the desirability of encouraging the offshore drilling exploration for oil or natural…
Protecting the Green Swamp
…end of a four-year venture for the Conservancy, which has spent about $4 million collected from private donors and grants, including an Environmental Enhancement Fund grant from the state Department of Justice, to buy nearly 1,000 acres of the sandy ridge. The Conservancy plans to transfer the land to the…
A Christian Response to Global Warming
Christians, says Penny Hooper, often don’t put their beliefs to work protecting God’s creation. They just need to know how, she says. Interfaith Power & Light, Hooper hopes, is one way. This national coalition that describes itself as “a religious response to global warming” and believes that Christians and environmentalists…
Is ‘Smart Growth’ a UN Conspiracy?
…to ownership of vehicles and farms. And, they say, it would also restrict free choice on travel, among other restrictions. Agenda 21 opponents regard the policies the report promotes to be attainable through redistribution of wealth and by diminishment of national sovereignty in the interest of social justice. Glenn Beck…
Park Service to support Gullah Geechee corridor project
…to have been selected,” said Brayton Willis, acting chair of the Brunswick County Branch of the NAACP’s environmental and climate justice committee. “What really makes this a unique opportunity is that it gives our area national exposure. It brings to our local area some great opportunities at a national level…
World must act now to slow global warming: report
…everyone – governments, the private sector, civil society – working together to prioritize risk reduction, as well as equity and justice, in decision-making and investment,” said IPCC Working Group II Co-Chair Debra Roberts. This report also reviews regional information to help areas with Climate Resilient Development, a solutions framework that…
Appeals court says fisheries lawsuit can move forward
…that state attorneys are reviewing the appellate court’s decision “and weighing the options of whether or not to appeal to the N.C. Supreme Court.” Commercial fishermen by and large hope state Department of Justice lawyers choose to appeal to the higher court. North Carolina Fisheries Association Executive Director Glenn Skinner…
Forum set on Wilmington port expansion project
…are expected to share what the expansion means for the environment, economy and community, and then answer questions from moderators and the audience. Panelists include Brian Clark, N.C. State Ports Authority; Brayton Willis, Brunswick County NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Committee, Gullah Geechee Greenway-Blueway Heritage Trail Project; Kemp Burdette, Cape…
Deadlines near for Sea Grant funding applications
…Carolina Sea Grant and NC WRRI, said in a statement. Proposals should align with North Carolina Sea Grant and WRRI’s vision for diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, and accessibility and with the missions and strategic plans of Sea Grant, WRRI, and KIETS. 2024–2026 applied research grant cycle Deadline for preproposals for the…