CleanAIRE NC

Tell Me About It Tuesdays: Improving Resilience to Coastal Riverine Flooding
2022-02-08 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
Sound Rivers’ virtual science series, Tell Me About It Tuesdays, is back in February with “Natural Systems — Improving Resilience to Coastal Riverine Flooding.” Tune in with Dr. Barbara Doll at 7 p.m. on Feb. 8 for this episode about flood resilience and restoration. Dr. Doll is a North Carolina State University extension associate professor and restoration specialist with North Carolina Sea Grant, whose work has focused on nonpoint source pollution prevention and treatment, restoration ecology, stormwater management, stream assessment, and sustainable landscaping.

NC Electric Transportation Stakeholder Webinar
2022-02-03 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, in collaboration with Plug-In NC, will host an NC electric transportation stakeholder webinar. Invitees include advocates, EV industry, electric utilities, state agencies, local governments, universities, and Clean Cities Coalitions. The webinar will explore the work underway and identify what’s needed to prepare NC for efficient, effective, and equitable use of forthcoming federal EV charging infrastructure funding.
Register here.

Tell Me About It Tuesdays: Water Quality, Public Health, and Coastal Resilience
2022-01-11 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
Sound Rivers’ virtual science series, Tell Me About It Tuesdays, returns in the new year with “Water Quality, Public Health, and Coastal Resilience.” Tune in at 7 p.m. on Jan. 11 with Dr. Rachel Noble for this talk about the risk of microbial contaminants to coastal resilience and public health, with some real-world examples from coastal towns in North Carolina. Noble is a distinguished professor of marine science at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

Pulling Back the Curtain: Who's Charting our Energy Future?
2021-12-14 12:00 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | Virtual
How does North Carolina incentivize clean energy production and infrastructure? What are the rules governing household electricity rates? How are we helping families adopt rooftop solar and electric vehicles, and what more could we be doing?
All of these crucial decisions involve the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC), a group of seven appointed regulators who wield immense power over our energy and climate policy. Come learn how this little-known state agency works, and how a few people can make a huge difference to NC’s clean energy future.
Pulling Back the Curtain: Who’s Charting Our Energy Future?
Session 6: Building a Clean Energy Future
Tuesday, December 14, at Noon or 5:30 PM (choose your time)
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The final session of this six-part webinar series will look ahead, as we consider our path from our current energy landscape to the clean energy future we want. Participants will learn:

Where NC currently gets its electricity;
Why Duke Energy is so powerful;
How advocates can work to incentivize more clean energy and a just energy system;
And much more.

By understanding the forces that shape our energy system, we can positively affect policy outcomes and accelerate North Carolina’s transition to a clean energy economy. Learn more about this series, and catch up with previous session recordings, at https://cleanairenc.org/nc-energy-webinar-series/.

2021 SC Clean Energy Conference & Southeast Energy Law Seminar
2021-12-09 - 2021-12-10 | Furman University, 3300 Poinsett Hwy, Greenville, SC, 29613, United States
On December 9th E4 Carolinas convenes South Carolinas’ largest annual energy conference in Greenville, SC. It traditionally attracts hundreds of energy professionals from the region.
Then on December 10th E4 Carolinas produces the Southeast Energy Law Seminar, covering the latest activity from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, a run-down of the recent legislative and regulatory activities from all Southeast states, and emerging legal issues related to the energy transition taking place nationally. A great way for attorneys to meet their annual CLE requirement.
Reserve your spot for either or both of these great events at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2021-sc-clean-energy-conference-southeast-energy-law-seminar-tickets-137854732215

Pulling Back the Curtain: Who's Charting our Energy Future?
2021-11-23 12:00 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | Virtual
How does North Carolina incentivize clean energy production and infrastructure? What are the rules governing household electricity rates? How are we helping families adopt rooftop solar and electric vehicles, and what more could we be doing?
All of these crucial decisions involve the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC), a group of seven appointed regulators who wield immense power over our energy and climate policy. Come learn how this little-known state agency works, and how a few people can make a huge difference to NC’s clean energy future.
Pulling Back the Curtain: Who’s Charting Our Energy Future?
Session 5: Power Generation: Cost vs Benefit
Tuesday, November 23, at Noon or 5:30 PM (choose your time)
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Session 5 of this six-part webinar series examines how can we compare the costs and benefits of large, central-station power plants with smaller, locally-sited distributed clean energy such as solar.
By understanding the forces that shape our energy system, we can positively affect policy outcomes and accelerate North Carolina’s transition to a clean energy economy. Learn more about this series, and catch up with previous session recordings, at https://cleanairenc.org/nc-energy-webinar-series/.

State of the Climate 2021
2021-11-10 | Virtual
On Wednesday, November 10th CleanAIRE NC will host State of the Climate 2021, a 12-hour online giving campaign to support clean air and climate solutions. Please join us and make a special gift to CleanAIRE NC on this important day.
You can learn more about the event and see the full agenda of activities at https://cleanairenc.org/sotc-21.

Pulling Back the Curtain: Who's Charting our Energy Future?
2021-11-09 12:00 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | Virtual
How does North Carolina incentivize clean energy production and infrastructure? What are the rules governing household electricity rates? How are we helping families adopt rooftop solar and electric vehicles, and what more could we be doing?
All of these crucial decisions involve the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC), a group of seven appointed regulators who wield immense power over our energy and climate policy. Come learn how this little-known state agency works, and how a few people can make a huge difference to NC’s clean energy future.
Pulling Back the Curtain: Who’s Charting Our Energy Future?
Session 4: Communities on the Frontline
Tuesday, November 9, at Noon or 5:30 PM (choose your time)
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Session 4 of this six-part webinar series continues the focus on energy justice. Participants will learn:

Clean energy’s potential to provide local jobs, reduce pollution, and transform our cities and our state;
How we can help communities transition to and build a clean energy future;
And much more.

By understanding the forces that shape our energy system, we can positively affect policy outcomes and accelerate North Carolina’s transition to a clean energy economy. Learn more about this series, and catch up with previous session recordings, at https://cleanairenc.org/nc-energy-webinar-series/.

NC BikeWalk Summit
2021-11-04 - 2021-11-06 | W.G. Pearson Center, 600 E Umstead St, Durham, 27701, United States
Wherever you are located, in North Carolina or beyond, BikeWalk NC invites you to join them either in Durham or remotely November 4-6th for their 10th Annual NC BikeWalk Summit.

NC Climate Ambassador Training
2021-11-03 16:00 - 2021-11-04 17:30 (America/New_York) | Virtual
Through our partnership with ecoAmerica’s Path to Positive Communities we are equipping civic leaders and community advocates with the knowledge, communications skills, and resources to speak and act confidently on climate change solutions. This two-day virtual training provides an opportunity for you to learn the latest about climate change impacts on NC communities, solutions available right now that would decrease greenhouse gas emissions and create jobs, and how to communicate these issues to everyone from members of your book group to your state representatives.
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Biogas & Communities
2021-11-02 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
North Carolina Interfaith Power & Light (NCIPL), a program of the NC Council of Churches, is sponsoring a webinar series to educate faith communities about the problem of hog waste biogas and to amplify local community voices on the issue.
The second webinar on November 2nd at 7 p.m. will provide the community with the opportunity to share how communities of faith can collaborate with and support them in the effort to protect their health and well-being. Featured speakers include:

Blakely Hildebrand, SELC (facilitator)
Daisha Williams, CleanAIRE NC
Rev. Jimmy Melvin, Mt. Zion AME Zion Church

Pulling Back the Curtain: Who's Charting our Energy Future?
2021-10-26 12:00 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | Virtual
How does North Carolina incentivize clean energy production and infrastructure? What are the rules governing household electricity rates? How are we helping families adopt rooftop solar and electric vehicles, and what more could we be doing?
All of these crucial decisions involve the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC), a group of seven appointed regulators who wield immense power over our energy and climate policy. Come learn how this little-known state agency works, and how a few people can make a huge difference to NC’s clean energy future.
Pulling Back the Curtain: Who’s Charting Our Energy Future?
Session 3: Energy Justice: Why Has It Taken So Long?
Tuesday, October 26, at Noon or 5:30 PM (choose your time)
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Session 3 of this six-part webinar series focuses on issues surrounding energy justice. Participants will learn:

How our energy policies impact frontline communities;
Why the regulatory system is so blind to energy justice issues, and how we can solve this;
And much more.

By understanding the forces that shape our energy system, we can positively affect policy outcomes and accelerate North Carolina’s transition to a clean energy economy. Learn more about this series, and catch up with previous session recordings, at https://cleanairenc.org/nc-energy-webinar-series/.

Biketoberfest 2021
2021-10-24 | Triple C Brewing Company, 2900 Griffith St, Charlotte, NC, 28203, United States
Biketoberfest benefiting Sustain Charlotte returns in-person in 2021! This unique event shows hundreds of people how easy it is to get around Charlotte by bike. From families to confident cyclists, Biketoberfest will show you fun and easy routes to get to destinations around the city.

Pulling Back the Curtain: Who's Charting our Energy Future?
2021-10-12 12:00 - 13:15 (America/New_York) | Virtual
How does North Carolina incentivize clean energy production and infrastructure? What are the rules governing household electricity rates? How are we helping families adopt rooftop solar and electric vehicles, and what more could we be doing?
All of these crucial decisions involve the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC), a group of seven appointed regulators who wield immense power over our energy and climate policy. Come learn how this little-known state agency works, and how a few people can make a huge difference to NC’s clean energy future.
Pulling Back the Curtain: Who’s Charting Our Energy Future?
Session 2: The Regulatory Process in North Carolina
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Utility companies benefit from NCUC proceedings dominated by complex and arcane policy arguments that can feel inaccessible to many energy advocates. The goal of this course is to explain in plain language how the current regulatory system works, and how advocates and nonprofits can get involved to move this system in a better direction.
Participants will learn:

What is the NCUC, and why it’s important;
How we can create a system that’s more just, and that puts people over profits;
Why our current policies are incentivizing utilities to hang onto fossil fuels, and what we can do to change that;
And much more.

Class Dates:

Tuesday, October 12
Tuesday, October 26
Tuesday, November 9
Tuesday, November 23
Tuesday, December 14

By understanding how the NCUC works, we can positively affect policy outcomes and accelerate North Carolina’s transition to a clean energy economy.
Register now at https://cleanairenc.org/nc-energy-webinar-series/.

Historic West End Tree Adoption
2021-10-09 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Northwest School of the Arts, 1415 Beatties Ford rd, Charlotte, NC, 28216, United States
TreesCharlotte invites residents living in the Historic West end neighborhoods to pick up trees at the Northwest School of the Arts. CleanAIRE NC will be hosting a table at the event to discuss the Historic West End Green District, as well as opportunities for hosting monitors.

Webinar: NC Haze Plan
2021-09-30 17:00 - 17:45 (America/New_York) | Virtual
According to air quality monitoring data, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is ranked as the ninth most HAZE pollution burdened park in the United States. Haze pollution comes from coal plants, industrial facilities, vehicles, and other sources and is made up of the same pollutants that harm people’s health. The North Carolina Division of Air Quality, the state’s air quality regulator, is currently updating its plan that is supposed to make reasonable progress toward improving air quality and visibility in Class 1 areas (like Joyce-Kilmer-Slickrock and Linville Gorge Wilderness Areas and Great Smoky Mountains National park). But despite clear authority to fully review all the pollution-causing haze and all polluting sources in the state, DAQ has chosen to ignore nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, and over 26 haze-polluting facilities, including major coal plants.
On September 30, CleanAIRE NC, The National Parks Conservation Association, Sierra Club, and Environment North Carolina are co-hosting a webinar to discuss the state’s inadequate haze plan. A panel of experts will discuss where the state’s proposal falls short and offer concerned citizens and outdoor enthusiasts ways to advocate for a stronger State Implementation Plan that addresses haze pollution and makes our parks and communities healthier, cleaner places to explore and play.
If you are interested in joining this important webinar, take a moment to register by going here: https://cleanairenc.salsalabs.org/NCHazeWebinar/index.html

Climate Change & Maternal Health Equity
2021-09-27 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
CleanAIRE NC and NCCCA invite perinatal healthcare providers (obstetricians, pediatricians, midwives, nurses, doulas), pregnant moms, and community members interested in health equity to join this Zoom session to learn more about how climate change affects pregnancy and child health, with particular attention to the disproportionate impacts in Black and Latinx communities. The panel conversation will feature frontline community members who are already feeling the impact of climate change and:

Dr. Stephanie Johannes, Pediatrician and CleanAIRE NC Health Program Manager
Joy Spencer, Executive Director of Equity Before Birth
Maya Jackson, Founder and Executive Director of Mobilizing African American Mothers for Empowerment (MAAME)
Max Cawley, Program Manager at the Museum of Life and Science

Go to https://cleanairenc.salsalabs.org/WebinarClimateChangeMaternalHealthEquity/index.html to register.

Harrisburg, NC Drive Electric Event
2021-09-25 10:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Harrisburg Town Center, 6405 Kee Lane, Harrisburg, NC, 28075, United States
Part of National Drive Electric Week. Come check out a variety of electric vehicles (EVs) in person (COVID-safe protocols in place) to learn more about the benefits of EVs and talk to current EV drivers about their experiences. There will also be information shared about the two charging stations in Harrisburg.

Pulling Back the Curtain: Who's Charting our Energy Future?
2021-09-21 17:30 - 18:45, 2021-09-21 12:00 - 13:15 (America/New_York) | Virtual
How does North Carolina incentivize clean energy production and infrastructure? What are the rules governing household electricity rates? How are we helping families adopt rooftop solar and electric vehicles, and what more could we be doing?
All of these crucial decisions involve the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC), a group of seven appointed regulators who wield immense power over our energy and climate policy. Come learn how this little-known state agency works, and how a few people can make a huge difference to NC’s clean energy future.
Pulling Back the Curtain: Who’s Charting Our Energy Future?
Class 1: The Regulatory Process in North Carolina
Register Today
Utility companies benefit from NCUC proceedings dominated by complex and arcane policy arguments that can feel inaccessible to many energy advocates. The goal of this course is to explain in plain language how the current regulatory system works, and how advocates and nonprofits can get involved to move this system in a better direction.
Participants will learn:

What is the NCUC, and why it’s important;
How we can create a system that’s more just, and that puts people over profits;
Why our current policies are incentivizing utilities to hang onto fossil fuels, and what we can do to change that;
And much more.

Class Dates:

Tuesday, September 21
Tuesday, October 12
Tuesday, October 26
Tuesday, November 9
Tuesday, November 23
Tuesday, December 14

By understanding how the NCUC works, we can positively affect policy outcomes and accelerate North Carolina’s transition to a clean energy economy.
Register now at https://cleanairenc.org/nc-energy-webinar-series/.

Make Your Citizen Science Project Count: Strategies to Produce Quality Data
2021-09-15 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
Citizen science encompasses a wide variety of kinds of projects that produce data — from community science activities to public participation in scientific research. A goal of the scientific process is to produce unbiased, transparent, and reproducible data, regardless of who is doing the work and when it is occurring. A quality assurance project plan, or project plan, provides the framework to produce these type of data, increasing the chance they can used for their intended purpose and maximum impact. Join this webinar to learn how citizen science groups have successfully integrated quality assurance approaches into their projects to help answer their community’s environmental and public health questions.

Register here.
Speakers:
Jill Carr, Coastal Data Scientist at Massachusetts Bays National Estuary Partnership
Brian Magi, Associate Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at UNC Charlotte, Member of the CleanAIRE NC Board of Directors
Sergio S. Ruiz Cordova, Data Coordinator at Alabama Water Watch
Dirk Felton, Research Scientist IV at New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Moderator: Nora Conlon, Quality Assurance Chemist at US Environmental Protection Agency
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) works to protect public health and the environment. This webinar was supported by EPA’s Office of Research and Development (ORD). ORD is the scientific research arm of EPA. Its leading-edge research informs Agency decisions and supports the emerging needs of EPA stakeholders, including the Agency’s state, tribal and community partners.

Before the webinar, check out US EPA’s Quality Assurance Handbook for Citizen Science Projects for step-by-step guidance on how to create a quality assurance project plan for your next citizen science project.

Southeastern Region Environmental Education Conference
2021-09-10 - 2021-09-11 | Lutheridge Camp and Conference Center, 2511 Hendersonville Rd, Arden, NC, 28704
The 30th Annual Environmental Educators of North Carolina Conference will take place at Lutheridge in Arden, NC from Friday, September 10 to Saturday, September 11, 2021. The 2021 SEEA/EENC conference theme is rEEmerge, honoring new beginnings while celebrating EENC’s 30th anniversary. Enjoy a conference full of professional development, networking, learning, and field experiences that will help you expand your knowledge of EE and resources in NC and beyond! Plan ahead now for pre-conference workshops, field trips, and more on Thursday, September 9.

North Carolina Climate Reporting Town Hall
2021-09-02 13:30 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | Virtual
Climate change is no longer a distant worry. It’s already changing our lives. That’s why WFAE is expanding their coverage of the topic, looking at how climate change is affecting the Carolinas and how we’re responding.

At this virtual town-hall discussion on climate change in the Carolinas, WFAE climate reporter David Boraks will discuss reporting on topics such as coastal erosion and sea level rise, flooding from more frequent and intense storms, and the drive for more renewable energy.

Register at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScGTznTRuvZeRshUI3TkWbOfWXB_wmgMxUPqXhyqM-Jkx82Lw/viewform.

Solar Policy + Finance Workshop
2021-08-25 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | NC Clean Energy Technology Center, 1575 Varsity Drive, Raleigh, NC, 27606
This day-long, in-person class held in Raleigh, NC provides an overview of federal and North Carolina policies, policies that drive global and domestic markets, solar financial modeling, and ownership structures using tax credits. This course will take place at NC Clean Energy Technology Center offices in Raleigh, NC from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.

Charge for Change – Triangle
2021-08-21 10:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | NCSU Campus, 930 Main Campus Dr, Raleigh, 27606
The time for Clean Energy investment is now. We are at a crossroads where we must have massive investment in our climate coupled with divestment from fossil fuels.
This event highlights the need for clean energy transportation solutions through the following:

an EV car show
constituent meetings with elected officials
networking with leading small businesses, non profits, and community leaders on local solutions and clean energy manufacturing jobs.
Green Jobs discussion
Electric Vehicle 101
Letter to the Editor Training
and more!

Sign up now at https://www.mobilize.us/edfaction/event/402556/

Energy Efficiency as a Building Block to the Clean Energy Future
2021-08-18 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
Part of NC Sustainable Energy Association’s ‘Making Energy Work 2021’ webinar series, featuring varying topics in clean energy from finance to policy and market insights. Join hundreds of attendees from across the country to get the latest scoop on trending clean energy topics sweeping the industry. Each webinar will feature nationally and regionally renowned experts within their respective fields to help shape the conversations driving clean energy forward in North Carolina and the country.

Charge for Change – High Point
2021-08-14 10:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Crescent Ford, 100 Old Winston Rd, High Point, NC, 27265, United States
The time for Clean Energy investment is now. We are at a crossroads where we must have massive investment in our climate coupled with divestment from fossil fuels.
This event highlights the need for clean energy transportation solutions through the following:

an EV car show
constituent meetings with elected officials
networking with leading small businesses, non profits, and community leaders on local solutions and clean energy manufacturing jobs.
Green Jobs discussion
Electric Vehicle 101
Letter to the Editor Training
and more!

Sign up now at https://www.mobilize.us/edfaction/event/402540/

Webinar: Air Permitting 101
2021-08-12 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Webinar
Trying to navigate North Carolina’s air quality permitting process? Need guidance on how (and when) to submit public comments on air emission sources? Then join us for Air Permitting 101! This free webinar will go through the in’s and out’s of air quality permitting in North Carolina to shed some light on the relevant laws and rules that regulators must address when considering a permit to pollute in our state. Mark Cuilla and Heather Sands from the NC DEQ’s Division of Air Quality will join to help field questions.
This presentation is perfect for community members and advocates looking for a crash course on air quality permits in NC, and who wish to learn how to provide more effective public comments on air emission sources.
Featured speaker:

Andrew Rasetti, Policy Associate, CleanAIRE NC

Guest speakers:

Mark Cuilla, Permitting Section Chief, NC Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Air Quality
Heather Sands, Title V Permit Branch Manager, NC Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Air Quality

Registration Form

RiverFest 2021
2021-08-07 12:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Kevin Loftin Riverfront Park, 1400 Catawba St, Belmont, NC, 28012, United States
RiverFest is a family-friendly festival held on the banks of the Catawba River in Belmont, NC. The day will be action-packed with fun for the whole family!
Event Features:

Live music by Dr. D and Joey Lavalle
Food trucks
Local, craft beer
Educational activities for kids
Free Kayaking (8 and up for single kayaks, 4 & up to ride along in a tandem)
King/Queen of the Catawba Kayak Race
Local vendors
Artisans
Raffle with multiple prizes!

Climate Change, Heat + Sports Safety
2021-08-05 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Webinar
Join Virginia Clinicians for Climate Action, in partnership with NC Clinicians for Climate Action and Georgia Clinicians for Climate Action, for a discussion on heat and sports safety with Dr. Andrew Grundstein on Thursday, August 5 at noon. Dr. Grundstein is a Geographer Climatologist and a leading expert on the impacts of weather and climate on human health, with a particular focus on assessing and monitoring heat. In this webinar, Dr. Grundstein will speak about the impact of climate change and heat on sports safety, environmental monitoring, and assessment of heat vulnerability.
