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Oak Island Company Experiments with Green Crude

By Frank Tursi, Assistant Director, NC Coastal Federation. www.nccoast.org

We all know about Big Oil. How about Microscopic Oil?

We’re talking here about pond scum. Yes, algae, that yucky green stuff that we see clogging roadside ditches. To Kim Jones, the tiny, single-celled plants are the future, the green crude that may, one day, power that Mercedes E350 that you’ve had your eye on. more>>

Federation Report Focuses on Renewable Energy

OCEAN – Pioneers are beginning to stake out the country’s next energy frontier off the N.C. coast because they know what every kid with a kite also knows: It gets breezy at the beach.

And nowhere along the East Coast does that breeze blow steadier and stronger than off the shores of North Carolina, which may soon find itself at the center of the rush to harness the wind. more>>

WILMINGTON SCHOOL WORKS TO PROTECT IMPERILED CREEK

Bradley Creek Elementary School in Wilmington and the New Hanover Board of Education are working with the N.C. Coastal Federation and numerous partners to entirely eliminate polluted runoff on the 16-acre school campus. Another goal of this multi-year plan is to demonstrate techniques that can be used to capture and treat stormwater at other schools and public buildings. more>>

What’s In Your Tackle Box, Part III?
by Joyce Deaton
Fishing in inland lakes and just offshore of the North Carolina beaches can be plenty challenging. But sooner or later most serious fishermen feel the call of the wild blue water and want to test their mettle against the bigger and tougher fish who live there. more>>

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