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Author: Kelso, Mark Andrew
Subjects: *ENVIRONMENTAL policy, *GOVERNMENT policy, *ENVIRONMENTAL law, *AIR pollution
Abstract: Over the past 40 years, the initiative in national environmental policy has usually been taken by the national government, which has enforced rules and regulations on sometimes reluctant states. In recent years, this scenario has started to change, and states are beginning to create innovative approaches to dealing with environmental issues. The focus of this paper is one such law, North Carolina's "Clean Smokestacks Act". This paper examines how this law came to be by examining five models: severity, wealth, partisanship, organizational capacity, and national reaction. The conclusions of the study are that the severity of the air pollution problem in North Carolina combined with a favorable partisan environment in the legislative and executive branches of government to produce this innovative law. Similar conditions in other states are likely to produce the same kinds of innovation, especially in the face of limited action by the national government in this area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2005

Author: Hutchinson, Harry
Subjects: *COAL-fired power plants, *POLLUTION, *ENVIRONMENTAL law, *ENVIRONMENTAL policy, *ENVIRONMENTAL regulations, *FINANCIAL planning
Abstract: The article reports on the termination of coal-fired plants in North Carolina. According to Progress Energy Carolinas Inc. it will close 11 coal-fired units including 600 MW L.V. Sutton Plant, 316 MW Cape Fear Plant and 172 MW W.H. Weatherspoon Plant. It notes that there will be an increase in environmental requirements and added that it is cheaper to replace the coal-fired plants than to refit them. Lloyd Yates, President and CEO of Progress Energy mentions that coal will remain in company's portfolio but as environmental regulations continue to change the rules will likely to change in the future. Moreover, the utilities commission approved the construction of the combined-cycle plant in October and ordered the company to provide retirement plans for the unscrubbed coal-fired units.
Published: 2010

Author: Lee, Jennifer
Subjects: *POLLUTION laws, *ENVIRONMENTAL protection, *ENVIRONMENTAL law, *ENVIRONMENTAL policy
Abstract: Reports on the petition by North Carolina to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to enforce other states in the U.S. to cut down power plant pollution. List of U.S. states petitioned for clean air; Estimation of EPA regarding nation's population who will be living in areas in violation of the Clean Air Act; Expected date for the agency to respond to North Carolina's petition.
Published: 2004

Subjects: *ENVIRONMENTAL law, *ENVIRONMENTAL policy, *WASTE management, *PALLETS (Shipping, storage, etc.)
Abstract: The article reports that the North Carolina General Assembly approved the House Bill 1465, which bans the disposal of wooden pallets, as well as motor vehicle oil filters, rigid plastic containers that have a neck smaller than the body of the container and oyster shells. Wooden pallets may still be accepted for disposal at facilities permitted to accept only construction and demolition debris. Pallets represent approximately four percent of all disposed waste in North Carolina, according to Scott Mouw of the state's Department of Environment and Natural Resources. A disposal ban would divert as much as 200,000 tons per year from disposal. Talking points prepared in support of the ban cite a North Carolina study that identified over 100 pallet recycling companies covering all areas of the state, employing an average of 33 people per business.
Published: 2005

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