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Clean Power Plan Provides Path for Safer Climate, Catalyst for Clean Energy Jobs in the Southeast
Charlottesville, VA- This afternoon the Obama Administration will release the final version of the Clean Power Plan, the country’s strongest action ever to reduce carbon pollution and pave the way for cleaner and more affordable...
SC Utilities Remove over 1 Million Tons of Coal Ash
Chapel Hill, N.C.- South Carolina utilities have removed over 1 million tons of coal ash from two sites covered by settlement agreements obtained by local conservation groups.
Citizens Groups Ask Court to Order Cleanup
Chapel Hill, N.C.- Citizens groups today asked Wake County Superior Court to conclude litigation over seven of 14 sites where Duke Energy stores coal ash.
Press Statement on U.S. House of Representatives’ Vote to Weaken Federal Coal Ash Protections
In response to a bill passed today by the U.S. House of Representatives that weakens federal protections concerning coal ash storage and disposal, Southern Environmental Law Center Senior Attorney Frank Holleman released the following statement.
More Access to Solar for more South Carolinians as PSC Approves Utility Solar Incentive Programs
Charleston, S.C.- The Public Service Commission has approved solar incentive programs offered by South Carolina’s investor-owned utilities.
TVA Integrated Resource Plan Shows Clean Energy Is Cost Competitive With Gas and Coal
Knoxville, TN—Today the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) released its final 2015 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), a long-range plan that will guide TVA in identifying resources to meet the energy needs of the Tennessee...
New Study Questions Economic Benefit Claims of Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Charlottesville, VA—The claimed economic benefits of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) are overstated, lack sufficient supporting data, and fail to account for environmental and societal costs, according to a newly released analysis by Synapse...
Court Rejects North Carolina’s Attempt to Weaken Air Pollution Protections
Chapel Hill, N.C.—In a win yesterday for the people of North Carolina and everyone across the country who suffers health problems from breathing soot, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected North...
Conservation Groups Call on Virginia’s Utilities to Expand Clean Energy Opportunities In the Long-Range Energy Plans
Charlottesville, VA- Today, Dominion Virginia Power and Appalachian Power will file their 2015 Integrated Resource Plans (IRPs) with the Virginia State Corporation Commission. These plans chart the power companies’ paths over the next fifteen years.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Plan Threatens Survival of Endangered Red Wolf Population
Chapel Hill, N.C.- Today the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a decision to significantly scale back its extremely successful reintroduction of endangered red wolves into eastern North Carolina.