Media Advisory: Where’s Governor Cooper on North Carolina’s Forests?
Petition Delivery Contesting the Massive Clearcutting and Disproportionate Impact of Pollution in Communities of Color by the Wood Pellet IndustryNorth Carolina- On Wednesday May 26th, community leaders and organizations from rural North Carolina counties impacted by the wood pellet industry will hold a press conference, rally, and deliver a petition to Gov. Cooper contesting future grants, incentives, and permits for energy projects that are not a part of the Clean Energy Plan of the NCDEQ and Governor Cooper’s Executive Order 80, which supports NC’s transition to a clean energy economy.
This will be the first in a series of public education and action events focused on the growth of the dirty industry in rural Eastern NC, the poorest and most racially diverse region in the state.
The March 26th event times and locations are as follows:
Press Conference: – Press Room – NC Legislative Building
Where’s Gov. Cooper? Rally: 1:30 PM – Front of the NC Legislative Building
Petition Delivery: 2:15 – 3:00 PM – Offices of the Governor, Department of Environmental Quality, Attorney General, and Commerce Department
Participating organizations include:
350 Charlotte
350 Triangle
7 Directions of Service
Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League
Center for Biological Diversity
Clean Water for North Carolina
Climate Reality Project Orange County, NC Chapter
Coastal Plain Conservation Group
Concerned Citizens of Northampton County
Concerned Citizens Of Richmond County
Dogwood Alliance
Down East Coal Ash Environmental and Social Justice Coalition
Edenton Farmers Market
Extinction Rebellion Charlotte
Friends of the Earth
Gaston Youth
GreenFaith
Haw River Assembly
JAPRI
Middle Sound Lookout
NAACP Charlotte-Mecklenburg Branch
NAACP New Hanover County
NAACP Robeson County
NC Climate Justice Collective
NC Climate Solution Coalition
NC Climate Solutions Coalition
NC-APPPL: Alliance to Protect Our People and the Places We Live
Ocean Natural Farm
Phil Berrigan Memorial Chapter Veterans For Peace
Plastic Ocean Project
Rachel Carson Council
RedTailed Hawk Collective
RICHMOND CLEAN AIR COALITION
Robeson County Cooperative for Sustainable Development
Southern Forests Conservation Coalition
SouthWings
Spruill Farm Conservation :Project
The Climate Reality Project Charlotte Chapter
Toxic Free North Carolina
Triangle Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
Tuesdays with Tillis Indivisible
U2U Charlotte
Winyah Rivers Alliance
Link to Petition.
Communications contact: Aisha Dukule, 202-893-3502, [email protected]
Expert contacts: Friends of the Earth, Donna Chavis, [email protected]
Dogwood Alliance, Scot Quaranda, 828-242-3596, [email protected]