by Acacia | Apr 12, 2019 | Coal Ash, EJ Issues, Partner Organizations
Check out this op-ed featured in the Goldsboro Daily News, written by our co-director Ayo Wilson & Bobby Jones, with the Down East Coal Ash Environmental and Social Justice Coalition- North Carolina’s electricity system is broken, and the only way to fix it is to...
by southeastej | Nov 14, 2013 | Coal Ash, EJ Indicators, EJ Issues, Human Health & EJ, People of Color, Poverty & EJ
Coal ash pollution is having a severe impact on the groundwater and the fishery at Sutton Lake near Wilmington, North Carolina (see articles below). Selenium contamination has caused the deaths of thousands of young fish. Fewer fish in the Lake have an impact on...
by southeastej | Oct 28, 2013 | Coal Ash, EJ Issues, Partner Organizations, People of Color, Sutton Lake
Join the NCEJN this Wednesday, October 30th at 5:30 pm to discuss Environmental Justice and Coal Ash Contamination at Sutton Lake. We’ll meet with local advocates from the NAACP and Cape Fear Riverwatch at the offices of Cape Fear Riverwatch, 617 Surrey Street,...