CWFNC believes it is not only possible but necessary to work for solutions to pollution problems that create jobs, help finance significant pollution reductions and conserve both water and energy while holding specific polluters accountable for their emissions and discharges through regulatory and direct activism.
Goals:
Develop a growing network of volunteers statewide – the Pollution Action Pipeline – who review and comment on permits and standards to continually improve standards, strengthen protections and enforceability of permits.
Partner with specific downstream or downwind groups and coalitions to work for stronger permits and enforcement, including filing legal challenges where there is an opportunity to set a strong precedent. Current issues include power plants, industrial hog operations, mountain golf and ski steep slope projects and Blue Ridge Paper Products.
Reduce NC’s vulnerability to massive impact of electricity production on NC waters, while reducing cost of energy bills, especially for low income residents, and creating good, locally based jobs through “NC SAVE$ ENERGY”, a proposal for a statewide independently administered efficiency program, and by developing a well-structured water allocation policy that incentivizes water conservation.
