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Mid-Currituck Bridge Delayed – New Traffic Forecasts Show Bridge Not Needed
Chapel Hill, N.C.- The schedule for constructing the controversial Mid-Currituck Bridge—an expensive and environmentally destructive seven mile toll-bridge that would connect the Outer Banks town of Corolla with mainland Currituck County...
Appalachian Power Allowed to Withdraw Solar Program, Avoiding Decision on Solar Financing
Charlottesville, VA- Yesterday the Virginia State Corporation Commission approved Appalachian Power Company’s request to withdraw its application for an experimental renewable energy program, thereby avoiding a ruling on the legality of solar power...
Conservation Groups Obtain Agreement Requiring Coal Ash Removal
Chapel Hill, N.C.- Yadkin Riverkeeper and Waterkeeper Alliance, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center, have reached a settlement with Duke Energy that requires the removal of all the coal ash from the unlined, leaking...
SELC, Coosa Riverkeeper Intervene in ADEM Suit over Oxford Wastewater Pollution
Birmingham, AL- SELC and Coosa Riverkeeper have filed a motion to intervene in the Alabama Department of Environmental Management’s suit against the Tull C. Allen Wastewater Treatment Plant in Oxford, Alabama.
Court Rules in Favor of Conservation Groups’ Challenge to Pulp Mill Pollution Discharge Permit
Atlanta, GA- A state administrative court has ruled in favor of conservation groups challenging a pulp mill’s visible, foul-smelling pollution of the Altamaha River in southeast Georgia.
Court Stops U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service from Capturing and Killing Wild Red Wolves
Chapel Hill, N.C.- The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina today issued a preliminary injunction that orders the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to stop capturing and killing of wild red...
Conservation Groups Appeal Decision Allowing Sea Island Groin Construction
Atlanta, GA- SELC representing One Hundred Miles filed an appeal today after a state administrative court denied the groups’ petition last month challenging the issuance of a permit for construction of a groin on Sea...
Study: Proposed Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines Not Needed
Afton, VA – A new study of the mid-Atlantic’s demand for natural gas reveals that two proposed and highly controversial interstate pipelines are not needed because existing pipelines can supply more than enough fuel to...
Settlement to Offset Harm from Monroe Bypass
Chapel Hill, N.C.- The Yadkin Riverkeeper, a nonprofit conservation group represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center, today announced a million-dollar settlement with the North Carolina Departments of Transportation and Environmental Quality to conserve land...
Groups Sue Drummond over Abandoned Mine’s Pollution of the Locust Fork
Birmingham, AL- Conservation groups have filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama against Drummond Company for violations at its Maxine Mine site.