Environment North Carolina

According to a new report from Environment North Carolina:

The 28,000 new jobs figure is the low-end estimate, says Elizabeth Ouzts, Environment North Carolina's state director and co-author of the report. More manufacturing could boost that number to 42,000, she says. “We need to incentivize them to be here,” Outz says of manufacturing jobs. “It’s easier to outsource.”

Already, the green power industry – which also includes wind, biomass and energy efficiency – employs 10,000 workers in 2009 and made more than $3.5 billion in revenue that year, according to the report by the state-wide nonprofit environmental advocacy organization.

Ribbon of Sand will air on WUNC July 7th at 3:30 am. If you love the beaches and islands of NC you won't want to miss this beautifully filmed, narrated and scored natural history documentary produced by award-winning filmmaker John Grabowska (Crown of the Continent, Remembered Earth). The Washington Post calls the film "poetic...both intimate and sweeping."

Did you know the Outer Banks include 60 miles of natural barrier islands with no roads and only wild ponies living on them? Or that the estuaries and the salt marshes on our coast are one of the most productive and rare ecosystems on Earth?

An Interesting Meeting on Sewage Sludge Application and Health ( perhaps yours )*

*posted for fatdog

Environment North Carolina just released a report showing that the Triangle will lose 37% of its natural areas, the Charlotte area will lose 30% of its natural areas by 2027 unless legislative action is taken. Developed area is increasing faster that the increase in population. If current development rates continue, North Carolina will lose at least two million acres more of forests and farmlands over the next twenty years. To compound the loss, the State's One Million Acre initiative is falling well short of its goals.