BOONE, North Carolina, April 5 -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: This morning, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement released its final "Ten Day Notice" rule to address how the agency responds to community member complaints about safety, pollution, and other violations at coal mines across the country. The final rule implements the intent of Congress that citizens have a pivotal role in monitoring the performance of coal mining operato  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The League of Conservation Voters issued the following statements on April 4, 2024: * * * Today, the Biden-Harris administration announced awards for the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, which will direct $20 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act to community development entities to finance projects that will reduce pollution, tackle the climate crisis, lower energy costs for families, and create good-paying jobs across the country, particularly in communities of low we  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 5 (TNSres) -- The North Carolina Justice Center issued the following commentary on April 4, 2024: * * * Charter Advocates Make Case For Halting The Approval Of New Charters By Kris Nordstrom, Senior Policy Analyst, Education & Law Project A new report from the Fordham Institute, a pro-charter think tank, inadvertently makes the case that North Carolina should stop approving new charter schools. The report, Do Authorizer Evaluations Predict the Success of New Ch  more