Environment

The Carolinas Urban-Rural Connection: Strengthening ties to revitalize communities

Posted on August 28, 2019
Categories: Anson, Cabarrus, Catawba, Charlotte, Cleveland, County, Demographics, Economics, Environment, Gaston, General News, Government, Health, Iredell, Lancaster, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Mountains, Piedmont, Political Leadership, Publications and Reports, Randolph, Regions, Rowan, Social Well-being, Union, York Tags: AGRICULTURE, Carolinas Urban-Rural Connection, Charlotte Region, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, LAND PRESERVATION, Piedmont, Sandhills, Social Well-Being, Uwharries

[Read the full report here] It was a cold January day in 2018 when eight researchers from UNC Charlotte’s Urban Institute stepped out into the brisk air in Hamlet, a small town in Richmond County, N.C. A dusting of snow from a surprise storm the previous day still covered the railroad tracks adjacent to the […]

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Energy action plan for Charlotte inches ahead

Posted on June 19, 2018
Categories: Charlotte, County, Data, Environment, General News, Mecklenburg Tags: Energy, ENVIRONMENT

A long-range game plan to dramatically reduce Charlotte’s greenhouse gas footprint has been an on-again, off-again priority since 2007. That’s when Charlotte City Council adopted its first greenhouse gas emission reduction resolution. And now, after a lapse of 11 years, it’s on again. In one of his first initiatives as newly elected mayor in 2009, […]

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