“Thank you, Mr. Branyon, for informing us about the negative environmental impacts that come with a plan of action for a six-lane freeway expansion. Once again, in the name of growth.”
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Letter: General Assembly should let cities take action on plastic
“Cities such as Durham and Asheville were exploring bans or fees on plastic bags to address local waste management challenges and reduce environmental impact.”
Letter: Preserving WNC environment requires action
“Take a moment to contact your representatives in Raleigh. Let them know you want effective action to stop climate change.”
Letter: Take responsibility for carbon footprint
“We all must take greater responsibility for the degradation of the planet and actions we must take to reverse the trajectory of this destructive curve.”
Letter: Concerns about the holiday parade
“If the holiday parade can tolerate military trainees and floats with fake missiles on them, surely the holiday parade can tolerate signs and T-shirts that promote peace, disarmament, health care and protecting the environment.”
Green Roundup: Karen Cragnolin Park officially opens after 17 years of restoration work
After 17 long years of removing toxic soil and replanting native grasses and flora, the greenway phase of Karen Cragnolin Park officially opened with a dedication ceremony Aug. 25. The park was dedicated to and named after Karen Cragnolin, the founder and former executive director of RiverLink who died in 2022.
Letter: A clarion call to end war enabling
“More industries manufacturing weapons parts and destroying hundreds of acres of pristine forests and the living webs within them is the opposite of what our community needs to truly thrive.”
Letter: Ban single-use plastics for our planet’s future
“Every single time MountainTrue takes a sample of our French Broad River watershed, plastic pollution is found at some degree. This is unacceptable!”
Letter: Don’t legislate plastic-bag reduction
“The solution, to my mind, is to educate the public about the harm that single-use plastic bags can inflict on the environment, not to ban the use of these bags through legislation.”
Letter: How green are electric vehicles?
“The global mining industry is rapidly expanding, with tragic ecological and humanitarian consequences.”
Thinking green: Take heed
Anne Craig is an environmental activist.
My story: We need to protect our mountain forests
“Instead of leveling the woods in a property planned for development, a percentage of trees could be saved, especially mature trees that would help newly planted trees and others thrive.”
Letter: Ask Duke Energy to stop chemical defoliation
“Chemical defoliation creates an environmental eyesore that detracts from the natural beauty, which has gotten uglier and uglier week by week.”
Don’t just celebrate Native American heritage — take it seriously
“Indigenous heritage is not just important for its cultural value: It offers solutions to some of the biggest problems we face as a society today.”
Letter: Rose will work hard for all of us
“Mollie stands for a quality education, with the parents making the decisions on what the children should be taught and where they should go to school.”
Letter: Sierra Club offers endorsements
“These candidates have a proven record of support for addressing climate change and protecting our environment.”
Q&A: Ashley Featherstone of Asheville-Buncombe Air Quality Agency
Growing up in Hendersonville, Ashley Featherstone assumed she would move away for work. “I was always told that you could never find a job here,” she recalls. “There are [fewer] jobs here than there are in places like Atlanta and Charlotte. But I just decided that I was going to find a job.” And she […]
Q&A with Karin Rogers, interim director of the National Environmental Modeling and Analysis Center
Whether by hiking the debris flow pathway of a landslide or reading arcane scientific articles, Karin Rogers dedicates herself to understanding complex scientific data so she can translate that information for ordinary people to understand.
Letter: Dominion pipeline proposal needs further study
“In fact, Dominion’s pipeline drilling and installation could have a number of harmful impacts, which cannot be dismissed.”
Community reflects on Cragnolin and her legacy
Community members reflect on the life and legacy of Karen Cragnolin, a dedicated champion of the French Broad River and its possibilities.
Letter: Unanswered questions about Parkway pipeline
“A number of us who are concerned about the environmental dangers to our aquifer and the French Broad River think the deadline to comment needs to be extended.”