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It’s Not Easy Being ‘Green’ . . . Or Is It? (Part 1)

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…

Reminder: NCBA EENR Sustainability Essay Contest

Please pass along the following information to any high school students in your contacts that may be interested in writing about North Carolina’s…

Survey Results Will Guide Us As We Build On Our Success

Happy New Year! It is hard to believe that I am halfway into my tenure as chair.  Earlier this month I checked off one of my goals as chair – to diversify…

EENR First-place Essay: ‘Wood Pellets as Biofuel: Is it Sustainable?’

As we wrote last month, the North Carolina Bar Association’s Environment, Energy & Natural Resources Section is pleased to announce the winners of its…

‘Biomass: Helpful or Harmful?’: 2018 Sustainability Essay Contest Second-Place Winner

As we announced last week, the North Carolina Bar Association’s Environment, Energy & Natural Resources Section is pleased to announce the winners of…

Welcome to the Environment, Energy & Natural Resources Section Blog!

Starting a few years ago, the Bar Association began to offer each Section the chance to move its newsletter content online to its own Section blog page. This…

EENR Section Announces Winners of the 2018 Sustainability Essay Contest

The North Carolina Bar Association’s Environment, Energy & Natural Resources Section is pleased to announce the winners of its 2018 Sustainability Essay…

Blockchain and Potential Impacts to Agriculture and Food Safety

Blockchain, the distributed, immutable, public ledger technology that underlies popular cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, has the potential to impact all realms…

North Carolina’s Participation in the Volkswagen Settlement

On September 18, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cited the Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (VW) with a Notice of Violation (NOV) for…

Air, Water and Soil Impacts of GenX: Health Goals, Ongoing Investigations and the Litigation Front

and Edmund Woloszyn The Chemours Company plant in Fayetteville produces a wide variety of films, fibers, and specialty chemicals at a 2,000-acre facility on…