By Rick Kolb Billy Clarke is a partner at Roberts & Stevens in Asheville. Billy has long been active in the Environment, Energy, & Natural Resources Section and served as chair of the section in 2009-2010. For those who attend the annual section meeting on alternate years in Asheville, you probably know Billy as the host […]
By Rick Kolb Amy Wang is the incoming chair of the Environment, Energy & Natural Resources Section, and she is an attorney at Ward and Smith, P.A., based in their New Bern office. She leads the environmental practice for her firm, where she has worked for 17 years. Amy was born in Kansas City, Missouri, […]
By Maria Savasta-Kennedy “There is a great future in plastics. Think about it. Will you think about it?” (Mr. Maguire speaking to Benjamin Braddock in The Graduate) The Sustainability Committee is thrilled to announce our winners for this year’s NCBA EENR Sustainability Contest. Our topic this year was—you guessed it—plastics, and our contestants did a […]
By Rick Kolb Emily Sherlock is a partner at Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson and is the Vice Chair of the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Section of the NCBA. She will rise to the Chair position on July 1, 2020. Prior to serving on the board, Emily was one of the newsletter editors (back when […]
By Sean Sullivan Unsubstantiated claims regarding a variety of cleaning and “disinfection” procedures are flooding the market—from a surprising number of sources. Here are a few helpful hints: CDC Guidance – The CDC has published guidance for cleaning and disinfecting most businesses and public spaces. The guidance recommends a two-step process of cleaning all potentially […]
By Sean Sullivan On Thursday night, the Treasury Department released a direct final rule implementing the Paycheck Protection Program, which authorizes most financial institutions to make federally guaranteed loans that will help small businesses (500 employees or less) to retain employees and meet their payroll obligations during the COVID-19 epidemic. The Small Business Administration intends […]
By Michele Livingstone and Will Quick We are in unprecedented times with COVID-19 (Coronavirus). It is now more important than ever that we help our neighbors and those who are not as fortunate. I am confident that each of you is doing your part. Even in the best of times, however, over 1.5 Million North […]
By Maria Savasta-Kennedy We are pleased to share the winning essays from the 5th Annual Sustainability Contest sponsored by the NCBA’s Environment, Energy & Natural Resources Section. The contest is open to all North Carolina high school students. Students participating in the 2019 contest were asked to respond to the following prompt: North Carolina relies […]
By M. Gray Styers Jr. This article is the second in a pair of articles related to “green policies” and how to implement them. The first part of this series was previously published here. As concern over climate change makes almost-daily headlines, “green” policies are becoming increasingly popular. Part 1 of this article noted that […]
This article is the first in a pair of articles related to “Green Policies” and how to implement them. The second part in this series will be published in the coming weeks. By M. Gray Styers Jr. Your corporate General Counsel client calls and says, “Our largest customer (or our largest institutional investor) wants to […]