http://wunc.org en http://wunc.org/post/group-sues-block-billboard-rules <p>An environmental group is trying to halt new rules that allow more vegetation to be cut around billboards that line the state's roadways. Billboard owners say the new guidelines are needed to preserve visibility. But the group Scenic NC has filed a lawsuit seeking a temporary restraining order on the rules, which go into effect today. Molly Diggins is the executive director of the <a href="http://northcarolina.sierraclub.org/">North Carolina chapter of the Sierra Club</a>. She says the law allows clear cutting in front of the signs with no mandate for tree replacement.<br> Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:10:00 +0000 Eric Hodge 3174 at http://wunc.org