Impacted Communities Mobilize to Demand Governor Cooper Stop the Expansion of the Wood Pellet Industry NC DEQ Holds Public Hearing on Proposed Expansion of Enviva’s Wood Pellet Plant in Ahoskie […]
Statement: Regan Needs to Act on Forests & EJ at EPA
Dogwood Alliance Statement on Michael Regan EPA confirmation hearings This afternoon, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works will hold confirmation hearings for North Carolina Secretary of the Department […]
Statement: NC DAQ Approves Wood Pellet Mill in Lumberton, NC
The first time many of the residents of Lumberton, Robeson County, North Carolina, heard about plans of a company to build a polluting wood pellet facility in their neighborhood was […]
A Pandemic of Injustice in the Rural South
Lumberton, North Carolina, in Robeson County is a microcosm of the issues we face as a nation. Business as usual marches on while we reel from a global pandemic, from […]
The Last Thing Communities Need is More Logging and Air Pollution
The last thing we need during a health crisis is more pollution that triggers respiratory illness, more logging and more carbon emissions, and more plundering of community resources at the expense of NC residents.