…Gilliam, a coordinator of the grassroots group Stop Titan Action Network, said Titan’s latest permit request is a “slap in the face.” The state will hold a public hearing on the Titan’s request for a permit extension. “Titan and DAQ have shown that this pollution is avoidable,” she said. “This…
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Opponents Celebrate Titan Decision
…groups and local residents coalesced to fight Titan’s plans. “This is obviously the best news we’ve heard in almost eight years,” he said. “I’m very proud of the thousands of people who came together to fight this bad project.” Opponents organize a protest against Titan America’s planned cement plant near…
Groundwater: Gauging the Titan Effect
Opponents protest against Titan America’s planned cement plant near Wilmington. Photo: N.C. Coastal Federation Third in a series. CASTLE HAYNE — A battle has been brewing for more than seven years over Titan America’s plans for a limestone mine and cement-manufacturing plant on the banks of the Northeast Cape Fear…
Titan Fight Approaches Benchmark
…an organization that has since folded into STAN. Mike Giles, center left, talks to activists outside the Legislative Building in Raleigh. A public hearing on Titan air permit drew a packed audience in Wilmington. “We didn’t really feel like the community was learning everything there was to know about the…
Commentary: Many Davids Beat Goliath
…more prevalent at the state level, the Titan controversy moderated some attempts to rollback state mandated environmental safeguards as lawmakers were careful not to weaken laws that would make it easier for Titan to locate in coastal N.C. As the years rolled by, the local officials that welcomed Titan were…
Titan Asks to Increase Pollution Limit
…why Titan needs an extension on its air permit when company officials have said all along they will not build the plant until they have every necessary permit. Titan has not applied for a wetland permit or a special use permit, he said. “They’re not even talking about the federal…
Getting Sued for Speaking Out Against Titan
…research in 2008. She’s seen yard signs around town protesting the plant and checked out a couple of anti-Titan websites. According to Titan’s suit, Darrell talked about allegations of price fixing and corruption and “court-ordered mine closures of Titan’s Florida plant.” A federal judge in 2009 canceled mining permits in…
Report Questions Titan Dewatering
…study must be conducted in order for Titan to move forward with operations. Titan has not yet started the process. “These studies will progress under the direction of the ( Army) Corps of Engineers once we are able to focus our resources back on the EIS process,” Kate McClain, Titan…
After the Titan Decision: What Next?
…and quickly urbanizing coastal county during the next 25 years. At the time, Carolinas Cement Co., a subsidiary of Titan America LLC, was seeking various approvals necessary to dramatically expand its terminal and mining operations off Holly Shelter Road, near the Northeast Cape Fear River, to a massive cement-production plant….
Northeast Cape Fear River
…Wood worries what destroying wetlands for the proposed Titan Cement plant will do to the river. The proposed Titan plant will occupy the site of an old cement plant. More than 240 local doctors and health care providers have voiced their opinions on public health issues related to Titan’s proposed…
Pelican Award: Cliff Cash
…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…
Legal Battle Over Titan’s Air Permit Ends
Opponents organize a protest against Titan America’s planned cement plant near Wilmington. Photo: N.C. Coastal Federation CASTLE HAYNE — The four-year legal battle over Titan America’s air-pollution permit for a proposed cement plant here is over, a month after the company scrapped plans for the project. Titan announced in early…