Advocacy

Past Legislative Successes in North Carolina

NCGA passes & Gov. Mike Easley ratifies "Clean Smokestacks Act"
"Clean Smokestacks," which requires the oldest NC coal-fired power plants to install "scrubbers" on the smokestacks thereby substantially reducing pollutant emissions, gives NC the strongest ozone standard in the country.

Attorney General Roy Cooper files "126 Petition" on behalf of NC
A "126 Petition" is an administrative remedy that a state can file to ask that the EPA require "upwind" states to reduce emissions which pollute downwind states. North Carolina filed the petition against 13 other states.

EPA issues non-attainment designations to...