If it didn’t create air pollution, I’d burn my 2020 calendar. A terrible, awful year, despite a few, albeit significant environmental wins.
Climate change, of course, continued unabated. Otherwise, without a massive coal ash spill or major hurricane to capture the public’s attention, the environmental losses were quieter, more piecemeal, albeit also significant: A proposed mine in Caswell County, an approved one in Alamance. A proposed Land Clearing and Inert landfill in Vance County. Yet another wood pellet plant whose air permit was approved by DEQ; it’s near tribal lands in Robeson County. A proposed plant that would convert creosote-treated railroad ties into “biochar” and emit air pollutants near a Black neighborhood in Richmond County.
2021 — A Pivotal Year For Clean Energy In North Carolina
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Keeping up with WRAL TechWire’s ongoing initiative to track events happening across North Carolina, here’s a look at what’s to come in February:
February 2, 5:30-6:30 p.m. (online)
Flywheel is hosting a five-week educational program covering management and operations for startup founders and C-suite employees. The course is tailored toward startups that have raised funding and are ready to scale their business operations.
February 2, 5:30-8:30 p.m. (online)
Code for Durham brings together technologists, designers, developers, data scientists, map makers and activists to collaborate on civic technology projects. Meetings are held every two weeks on Tuesdays.
February 2, 6-8 p.m. (online)