About Environment North Carolina
We're your state environmental group, protecting the places we love, advancing the environmental values we share, and winning real results for our environment.
Who we are
Environment North Carolina is a statewide, citizen-based environmental advocacy organization. We believe there’s something special about North Carolina — something worth protecting and preserving for future generations. Whether it's watching for sea turtles at Cape Hatteras or taking in the views along the Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina's natural wonders enrich our lives in countless ways.
Yet the places we love and the environmental values so many of us share are too often threatened by powerful industries, shortsighted politicians and more. Defending our environment requires independent research, tough-minded advocacy and spirited grassroots action. That’s the idea behind Environment North Carolina. Together with thousands of supporters from all walks of life, we take the kind of action that wins tangible results for our environment.
OUR STAFF
What we do
Funded by supporters like you, we research the challenges confronting North Carolina's environment and educate the public about what’s at stake. Through our research reports, news conferences, interviews with reporters, op-ed pieces, letters to the editor and more, we raise awareness of environmental issues and promote sensible solutions. Our canvassers meet people where they are — in public places or door to door — raising awareness, recruiting new supporters and activists, and raising funds to support our work.
When decisions are being made about North Carolina's environment, our elected officials hear plenty from the oil and gas companies, developers and other powerful interests. We make the case for our environment and help people like you make your voice heard, through petitions, emails, letters, phone calls and more, all delivered to the right people just when it matters most.
Environment North Carolina Research &
Policy Center
Results
- Protecting the Outer Banks. In 2010, President Obama reversed his position on offshore drilling and dropped plans to drill off the Outer Banks. The public outcry in the aftermath of the Gulf spill hastened the president's reversal, and some of the loudest voices were from Environment North Carolina members.
- Preserving our Blue Ridge landscape. Some of our most treasured Blue Ridge landscapes are better protected, thanks to a total funding increase of nearly $200 million for conservation programs we helped win in 2007 and 2008.
- Repowering North Carolina with solar energy. More and more of our neighbors are putting up solar panels on their rooftops, assisted by an Environment North Carolina backed program that lowers the cost of investing in clean energy. We also helped win new tax credits for companies that manufacture clean energy equipment like solar panels.