A Judicial Affirmation of the Public’s Common Law Right to Use All of North Carolina’s Dry-sand Beaches
In Nies v. Town of Emerald Isle, Nov. 17, 2015, the North Carolina Court of Appeals unqualifiedly held that the “ocean beaches of North Carolina … are subject to public trust rights.” Until this decision, no North Carolina court opinion directly addressed the question of whether all dry-sand beaches of the State were, in fact, open to public use.
Supreme Court’s Blow to Emissions Efforts May Imperil Paris Climate Accord
The Supreme Court’s surprise decision Tuesday to halt President Obama’s climate change regulation could weaken or even imperil the international global warming accord reached with great ceremony in Paris less than two months ago.