Brunswick Environmental Action Team
BEAT sincerely wishes everyone a Happy Earth Day 2023! We are grateful to all who continue to share both their ideas and work so that we may continue to exist in peace while making use of the life sustaining energy that our Earth provides for us every day - To optimize our survival.
BEAT received an email from: Melissa Edmonds <medmonds@selcnc.org> of the Southern Environmental Law Center on September 9, 2022 at 12:32:50 PM EDT. The subject of the email was Offshore Drilling Comment Opportunity. BEAT leadership would like to share this message with you here. The text that follows is the body of the message in its entirety.
Hi all,
I hope this note finds you well! You are receiving this email because you have previously been involved in SELC’s campaign to fight offshore drilling, by signing onto our comment letters to oppose drilling in the Atlantic Ocean or Gulf of Mexico. I am writing now to alert you of another important comment opportunity on the issue of offshore drilling in these regions.
SELC is currently preparing comments on the Biden administration’s Proposed Five Year Plan for offshore drilling, which removes all Atlantic Planning Areas from consideration, yet still proposes to hold lease sales in the Western and Central Gulf of Mexico. Comments are due Oct. 6. As usual, our comments will be focused on the Gulf and the Southeast; we plan to thank BOEM for listening to the voices of the East Coast by removing the Atlantic, and further urge no new leasing in the Gulf of Mexico because of the continued harm from offshore drilling on Gulf communities and natural resources and on climate change.
SELC supports responsible offshore wind development as a critically important piece in the necessary clean energy transition to address the climate crisis, but we do not support provisions within the Inflation Reduction Act that tie future offshore wind leasing to continued oil and gas leasing. We are planning to make this distinction in our comments, but please reach out to us if you have any questions or concerns with this approach.
If you are potentially interested in signing on and have input as we draft, please let me know ASAP, as we are working on drafting the comments now. We will circulate a draft on Sept. 23, accept feedback through Sept. 28, and take final sign-ons through Oct. 5.
Thank you all for being valued partners in this important issue, we look forward to your continued support throughout this fight!
Melissa L. Edmonds (Whaling) (she/her)
Science & Policy Analyst
Southern Environmental Law Center
601 West Rosemary Street, Suite 220
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Office (919) 391-4099
Mobile (919) 623-5003
Dear visitor, below is a message BEAT received from "Emily Donovan via ActionNetwork.org" <info@email.actionnetwork.org>
The subject of her message regards
URGENT ACTION REQUIRED:
Say: "No More Chemours!"
BEAT received this message on: September 10, 2022 at 12:36:12 PM EDT
Her message is shared here in its entiretity.
Friends,
It's time to mobilize like never before. Chemours just announced they want to EXPAND their toxic PFAS production in NC. We don’t feel they’ve earned this right–especially when they’ve failed to deliver on the most basic promises to our community.
We believe the majority of control measures taken, so far, are because Chemours was legally forced to comply via a 2019 consent order established by our friends at Cape Fear River Watch. However, it’s important to remember, consent orders are only as good as they are being enforced. Sadly, strong enforcement of the Chemours consent order has taken constant pressure from dedicated folks like you, who are determined to hold both DEQ and Chemours’ feet to the fire.
Here’s a quick summary of how Chemours has “helped” us:
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They've been dragging their feet on establishing toxicity studies required by the 2019 consent order.
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They have made private well owners wait 6 months with no replacement water.
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They refuse to meet the needs of commissioners in Cumberland County and are now being sued.
Chemours has not earned the right to expand in NC and we are counting on you to help them get the message. Chemours is hosting a public information session at Leland Cultural Arts Center, Wednesday, September 21st from 5:00pm - 7:00pm. Click here to RSVP We’ll send you talking points in the next two weeks to help you feel prepared.
In the meantime, please share our event link on social media and with your fellow neighbors. Media will be present at this meeting, so it’s vital that we show a united front against Chemours. We cannot allow them to add another drop of their poison to our water.
With gratitude,
Emily Donovan, cofounder
Clean Cape Fear
PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ THE BEAT LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR the Brunswick County NAACP’s proposed Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Multi-Use Greenway/Blueway Trail, Brunswick County, North Carolina
FYI: An Informative PDF about PFAS as it Relates to Brunswick County in 2020 - by Eugene Rozenbaoum of LG Chem
BEAT Meeting Minutes
July 30, 2018
The meeting was called to order by Pete Key.
In Attendance: Dan Greorge, Jennifer Swift, Dwight Willis, Pete Key,
Approval of Minutes: The minutes were read from the June meeting and approved.
Old Business:
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Due to the low attendance at the last meeting we are covering the issues from June again this month.
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Liability Insurance
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Tom said, Coastal Insurance couldn’t find anyone that would cover us. BBT offered two plans $500-$1500/yr… Applications need to be submitted. We really don’t need event insurance but we need to be covered to indemnify the board members against individual claims. We need to possibly find a benefactor to pick up the cost such as The Bacon Foundation. Pete Sent The Policy to Ted so he can review it.
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Dues
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$10 Dues? Need a membership role. Meghan volunteered to segregate the spreadsheet. The only members we have are the ones who paid so far. Jennifer, “Put out a message that membership dues are due at the next meeting.” Check off. We need a Paypal Account to make collecting dues.
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501c3 discussion, including Do’s and Dont’s We read over the 501c3 Do’s and Dont’s as a training session.
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Jink's Creek Dredging Campaign, Rent the Planetarium and have Hilderman to speak. Corbin, Cerrato are for it, Jan is against. The Planetarium was too much money. The library was the fall back location. We have a member working to set up the event. This will be an educational event for the town of Sunset Beach. Richard Hilderman, Ted, and Jan will put the meeting together. If we get forty people we can get a kayak tour donated. We need Greg to post links to Hildermans Jenks Creek series. Dwight would like to invite the mayors, council members and other leaders even from the Brunswick County coast. We need to have a stand alone meeting. Dr. Hilderman will make the call on the date. We need to first have an awareness session/meeting. Then we can plan a kayak event. A motion was made to free up Ted, Neil, Jan and Richard to plan this event. Pete will email Richard Hilderman to let him know to connect with Ted, Jan and Neil.
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Malec Brothers Update: The DEQ has put the Delco project on hold and are now reviewing all similar permits granted in the state of NC. We were able to make an impact on this issue by informing the leadership of Brunswick County about the importance of this issue and was able to assist the Friends Against Methyl Bromide in overturning this issue.
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Commissioners Meeting Campaign
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Are we going to do anything with this. Martha Johnson, of the indivisible group, has been active in this effort and has asked BEAT to get involved.
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Straws Campaign
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Waste Committee has met with other groups. Jennifer, Is very versed in the issue. What are the schools doing on the issue to educate the kids about avoiding straws when they can. Why doesn’t BEAT take on getting this into the schools. Can we get Teddy Altreuder to work to disseminate the information. This is not solely about straws, It includes all single use plastics.
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Coastal Day of Action
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Establish Key People
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Who will volunteer
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Two Pieces of material
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Script to read
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Petition to sign
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Fact Sheet
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Joe, send Greg your photo and bio
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Has the Board determined if Past Presidents section (Jan and Neil) could/should be added to the Board page
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Consensus is to let the sleeping dog lie for a while longer.
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Need to set a next General Meeting in September 13th at 6:30pm. At BEMC. And quarterly thereafter.
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Show the Straws movie. Set up a speaker.
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Set up sign in and dues.
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Need Committee leaders in attendance to present reports and update on activities.
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Need to elect a board member to replace Mike and a secretary.
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We need to create a Communications committee
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Treasurers Report
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Land Committee report on Navassa. Spoke on the Stakeholders meeting. Nevassa now has an exit on I-140 and now they are going to start getting more attention. They are the Northernmost Gullah community. We would love to have someone from that group to join our group. There is one Supersite and four brown sites in the area.
Next Meeting
Date | time: August 27th, 2018 at BEMC 6:30pm
Motion to adjourn was made at 20:10 by Dan, seconded by Dwight.