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Urgent - nuclear weapons funding vote
Submitted by zate on Wed, 05/21/2008 - 2:26pm.The U.S. House of Representatives could vote as early as this evening on funding for new nuclear weapons and missile defense.
Landfill Legislation Update - July 28th
Submitted by zate on Sat, 07/28/2007 - 12:14pm.Articles below the fold describe the recent convoluted legislative activities on landfill bills.
Please contact House Speaker Hackney and your local legislators to encourage solid Solid Waste reform - including environmental and financal safeguards, landfill footprint maximum size of 150 acres (not 350 acre mega-dumps promoted by industry), and funded mandates for recycling.
An update with the names of Conference Committee members will follow when available.
Victory in Brunswick County!
Submitted by zate on Thu, 04/05/2007 - 6:38pm.Congratulations to Cape Fear Citizens for a Safe Environment on stopping one of the proposed mega-dumps in NC! (See Cape Fear's website, www.stopthedump.com , to see if you think importing "auto fluff" from all over the world is "environmentally friendly").
One mega-dump down, four to go: Camden, Hyde, Columbus and Scotland. Veronica Carter of NC Conservation Network reminds us that:
"It isn't over until we pass legislation to ensure this doesn't happen to anyone in North Carolina again".
Below the fold, excerpts from an article in the Wilmington Star: www.starnewsonline.com
Tempers flair over landfill
Submitted by zate on Tue, 04/03/2007 - 6:22pm.The Rally against Mega-Dumps in Laurinburg last night was a great success; and the BOC meeting afterwards, quite interesting. Below the fold is the write-up in the Fayetteville Observer under the headline: Tempers flair over landfill.
The Fayetteville Observer reporter left the meeting before the Board returned from closed session. The Laurinburg Exchange article adds:
"Several citizens were allowed to address Commissioners after the Board returned from closed session but [BOC Chair] Willis had not informed them they would have the chance to speak during the meeting when he initially closed the public forum".
Scotland No Mega-Dump Rally
Submitted by zate on Sun, 03/25/2007 - 12:23am.Scotland County Of Tomorrow is sponsoring a Rally against mega-landfills on Monday, April 2nd, at 6:00 p.m., at 1404 West Boulevard, in Laurinburg, before a Commissioner's Meeting,
across the street at 7:00 p.m.
The SCOT website includes a map. www.nomegadump.org
The first landfill bill is expected next week, so this is a good time for a state wide Rally. If you are unable to attend, letters to the commissioners, to the editor, or to SCOT to be read at the Rally, would be appreciated. Contact information is on the website: www.nomegadump.org
Recent Scotland landfill activities below the fold:
