Environment North Carolina is a citizen-based environmental advocacy organization and a project of Environment America, a national network of 30 state environmental groups with one mission — to change our country and our world to be a greener, healthier place. We believe there’s something special about North Carolina — from the Great Smoky Mountains in the west to our iconic seashores in the east, North Carolina’s natural wonders enrich our lives in countless ways and are worth protecting and preserving for future generations. And yet it’s no secret that the earth is in trouble. For too long, the way we produce and consume energy has degraded the quality of the air we breathe, toxic chemicals and runoff pollution have contaminated the water we drink, and devel