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All of us, after all, whether we happen to be inside or outside of state government , are stewards of this beautiful state. One Environmentalist's View From Inside State Government by Anne Taylor After years of grass-roots lobbying campaigns launched on ...
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Hunting mosquitoes The State May Be Looking in the Wrong Swamps "You cannot imagine what it is like, getting out of your car and literally breathing mosquitoes. I've been places where you could wave your hand behind you and feel them hitting your hand ...
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Photo courtesy of N.C. Division of Forest Resources. Forestry Mismana gement Private timberlands get "benign neglect" or worse More than 19 million acres of North Carolina - two-thirds of the state's land surface - is forested. The timberland owned by ...
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',E T C' NJE FRO ] In December, the Center released a short report called "The Gannett Conundrum: Keeping the Courts of North Carolina Open to the Public." The report was written by Fred Harwell and distributed free of charge to the press, government ...
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Who Ma kes N.C.'s Energy Policy? by Joyce Anderson and Bill Finger eRyTen years ago, most North Carolinians never thought twice about their electric or gas bills. Few people questioned the charge or wondered who set the rates. But the times have changed ...
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South, Wheeler immediately placed the hearing in the human arena rather than allowing the proceedings to focus on technical and legal arguments. "Already in North Carolina we have thousands of poor people who are physically weak because of inadequate ...
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Food or Warmth? In 1980, North Carolinians Should Not Have To Choose. By Patric Mullen Last May, President Carter wrote the 50 governors urging them to prevent "precipitous termination of heating or utility service which could result in critical health ...
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Alternative Energies For Future Needs... "Renewable resources are those which, when coupled with proper management, are of inexhaustible supply. " As late as 1900, North Carolina was basically "energy independent." Families fueled their homes with wood ...
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Alternative Energies For Future Needs... "Renewable resources are those which, when coupled with proper management, are of inexhaustible supply. " As late as 1900, North Carolina was basically "energy independent." Families fueled their homes with wood ...
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IRQ]S1 TIE ? ' CENT ER OUT On April 24, 1981, the North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research sponsored a conference on public policy and Indians in North Carolina. The conference was designed to bring together Indians, policymakers, academics, and ...