NCEJN Blog
Here you can explore articles and stories that we are telling from the front-lines of climate change.
Rachel Carson Council’s new report on biomass and wood pellets
The Rachel Carson Council’s new report, Clear Cut, takes a comprehensive look at the forces driving the wood pellet industry’s hold in the United States. Industrial-scale wood pellets have been globally touted as a ‘green’ technology to lessen dependence on fossil...
Survivor’s Summit
We hope you will join us for the Just Florence Recovery Survivor’s Summit to meet and talk about Hurricane Florence recovery with impacted community members from affected counties in North Carolina. Click “attend” for more information.
Quarterly Meeting 10/29
Lunch will be provided at the meeting, so we need to know if you are coming on Saturday, Dec. 29!
The North Carolina Environmental Justice Network quarterly meeting is hosted by The Concerned Citizens of Northampton County. After the meeting, it will be possible to view some of the damage caused by the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.
This gathering will include discussion on community issues and concerns in Northampton County, news on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, an update on the election outcome and updates from the Julius L. Chamber Center for Civil Rights!
Cool Spring Community Center, 120 Cherry St., Gaston
Do You or a Neighbor Need to Test Your Well After Florence or Other Contamination?
ACT Against Coal Ash has gotten funding to provide certified testing of any apparent coal ash, hog, human or livestock waste or fuel contamination that is suspected in the vicinity of a drinking water well as a result of flooding, or Florence-related damage, or other...
ATTN: Nov. 27 – NC DEQ 2019 Swine State General Permit Stakeholder Meeting
The following text is from Christine Lawson, Program Manager, Animal Feeding Operations Program, NC Dept. of Environmental Quality: The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality has rescheduled the day-long stakeholder event originally planned for Oct. 4 and cancelled...
The Water Next Time?
Princeville was originally founded as Freedom Hill in 1865. It has been destroyed by flooding nine times since 1800. The community continues to rebuild after every storm. Scalawag’s Dr. Danielle Purifoy, a NC Environmental Justice Network Board member, reports on what...
Help the Hurricane Survivors!
As folks recover from Hurricanes Matthew and Florence with Michael on the way, we stand with them. Stand with us! We need your help! You can donate here at www.ncejn.org and you can bring items for recovery (nonperishable food, cleaning supplies, youth/baby items,...
Calls For Unity In The Midst of Hog Pollution
On August 4, 2018, neighbors impacted by industrial hog farms and environmental justice leaders from Rural Empowerment Association for Community Help (REACH) and NC Environmental Justice Network (NCEJN) held a press conference in Duplin County, NC to call for unity in...
Register for our 20th Annual EJ Summit!
Registration for our 20th Annual EJ Summit is now open! The theme is Making Revolution Irresistible: A Summit Celebrating Promise, Change & Action! You can register and find all information under the EJ Summit tab. Register today! Come join us! Be a link in the...
