Press Releases
As Fallout from Coal Ash Spill Grows, NC Governor Pat McCrory Calls for Removing Ash Ponds from Waterways
As national attention remains focused on North Carolina in wake of Duke Energy’s massive coal ash spill into the Dan River, North Carolina’s Governor has now called on Duke Energy and North Carolina officials to...
New Travel Time Analysis of Bypass Seriously Flawed
The traffic analysis the Free Enterprise Forum released today is at odds with the findings of every traffic analysis of the 29 corridor done over the past 25 years. The analysis has not been publicly...
Risks Remain until Dan River Coal Ash is Removed from Unlined Pits
As the ongoing environmental crisis intensifies around the Duke Energy coal ash spill along the Virginia-North Carolina border, officials with the U.S. EPA have announced they will hold a briefing in Danville, Virginia tonight to...
NC Agency Seeks to Delay Enforcement against Duke Energy Over Coal Ash Pollution
The Southern Environmental Law Center commented on the late-evening request of the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources asking the North Carolina State Court to delay judicial review of its consent order with...
Board of Supervisors Sets Public Hearing on the Future of the Controversial Charlottesville Bypass
The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors announced today that it will hold a public hearing to seek input on the controversial Charlottesville Bypass at the County Office Building on Wednesday, February 19, beginning at 4:00...
Statement on Duke Energy Coal Ash Spill and Impact on Danville, VA
The following is a statement regarding the ongoing coal ash spill at Duke Energy’s Dan River Steam Station in North Carolina from Cale Jaffe, Virginia Office Director at the Southern Environmental Law Center.
Statement on Duke Energy Coal Ash Spill in North Carolina’s Dan River from Frank Holleman, senior
The following is a statement regarding today’s report by Duke Energy of a coal ash spill at its Dan River Steam Station in North Carolina from Frank Holleman, a senior attorney at the Southern Environmental...
Conservation Groups File Lawsuit to Challenge Permitting for Oil Pipeline in Big Creek Lake Watershed
The Southern Environmental Law Center filed a lawsuit today, on behalf of Mobile Baykeeper, challenging a permit issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the Plains Southcap, LLC pipeline routed through the Big...
Supreme Court Leaves Legality of Cruise Ship Harms in Historic Charleston Unanswered
The South Carolina Supreme Court today left open the question of whether the harms caused by Carnival’s cruise operation in historic Charleston are legal, instead ruling that a case challenging their legality must be brought...
Sewage Treatment Plants Illegally Discharging Waste into Tennessee’s Harpeth River, Conservation G
Citing ongoing permit violations over sewage discharge into Tennessee’s Harpeth River, a conservation group has charged that three sewage treatment facilities are violating the Clean Water Act and that failure to address the pollution will...