Mary Maclean Asbill, senior attorney at the Southern Environmental Law Center’s Chapel Hill office, said the budget provision still directs the bulk of funding to the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill-based North Carolina Policy Collaboratory instead of the Department of Environmental Quality. Learn more and watch digital shorts and climate portraits.
PBS North Carolina’s State of Change initiative examines the impact of climate change on coastal and inland communities across the state and how communities and individuals have responded with innovative solutions. A section on the governor’s enforcement authority is spelled out in more detail but remains a major point of disagreement in the provision. While the GenX provision closely tracks a House and Senate compromise bill introduced earlier this month, there are some differences. General Assembly leaders spent the week before the release rolling out chunks of the budget, with the GenX and other special provisions among the last pieces decided. Thursday and a final vote was expected Friday. Democrats objected to the use of a conference report, a deviation from a more open committee process with amendments that has been in place for decades. The resulting conference report cannot be amended and requires only an up or down vote for passage. Learn how you can be in the Sponsor Spotlight When you purchase a North Carolina Coastal Federation license plate, you help keep our coast healthy and beautiful.
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