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Environment North Carolina Research & Policy Center
Clean water to drink and clean air to breathe; healthy beaches, lakes and rivers that are safe for swimming and fishing; preserved open spaces; clean sources of energy that don’t pollute and never run out — all this should be the heritage we leave to future generations. Our staff research the issues, educate the public, and win tangible results.
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Research
Investigating problems and crafting solutions.
Growing Solar in North Carolina. With plenty of technological know-how and twice as much sun as Germany, the world’s solar leader, North Carolina is perfectly poised for a dramatic growth in solar power. Our research report “Growing Solar in North Carolina” helped quantify our state’s potential of 700,000 solar roofs in the next 20 years. Our follow up study, “Working with the Sun,” showed how realizing that potential would curb pollution and create tens of thousands of jobs.
Education
Educating the public and making our voices heard.
An energy-efficient N.C. Installing more efficient light bulbs and thicker windows are just a few of the ways North Carolinians can take steps at home to reduce energy consumption and our reliance on dirty energy. Environment North Carolina Research & Policy Center distributed tips on how Tar Heels can plug into clean energy to more than 50,000 residents in 2011.
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FOUNDATION SUPPORT
The Environment North Carolina Research & Policy Center is a 501(c)(3) organization, and conducts research and public education on emerging environmental issues. Contributions to the Environment North Carolina Research & Policy Center are tax-deductible. To find out more, contact Elizabeth Ouzts at (919) 833-0015. The Environment North Carolina Research & Policy Center would like to thank Fred and Alice Stanback, the Park Foundation, the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, the Julian Price Family Foundation, the Mary Norris Preyer Fund, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Energy Foundation for their generous support.
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Environment North Carolina Research & Policy Center gratefully accepts bequests, beneficiary designations of IRAs and life insurance, and gifts of securities to support our work. Your gift will assure that we can continue to protect Colorado’s air, water and open spaces for future generations.