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Conservation Groups and Landowner Challenge Constitutionality of NC Mining and Energy Commission
A local conservation group and landowner today challenged the constitutionality of North Carolina’s Mining and Energy Commission in Wake County Superior Court.
Court Denies Request to Delay Construction on North Eufaula Avenue
A district court has denied the motion for a temporary restraining order filed by historic preservation groups in order to delay the Alabama Department of Transportation from moving forward with its proposed plan to widen...
Groups Praise TDOT Decision to Reexamine Proposed Widening of U.S. Highway 127/State Route 28
Crossville, TN – The Cumberland Homesteads Tower Association, Tennessee Chapter of the Sierra Club, Statewide Organizing for Community eMpowerment (SOCM), Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), and National Trust for Historic Preservation applaud the decision by...
Conservation Groups Seek to Stop Town of Red Springs from Illegally Discharging Sewage Waste
Citing ongoing permit violations over sewage discharge into local rivers and streams, a conservation group has charged that the Town of Red Springs is violating the Clean Water Act and that failure to address the...
Press Statement on EPA Announcement of Federal Coal Ash Protections
In response to today’s announcement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regarding new federal coal ash protections, Senior Attorney Frank Holleman of the Southern Environmental Law Center released this statement: As we’ve seen...
All S.C. Utilities Now Committed to Removing Coal Ash Out of Lagoons
SELC today announced an agreement in principle with Duke Energy to remove all of its coal ash at its W.S. Lee facility form the banks fo the Saluda River near Greenville and Anderson, SC, to...
More Concerns Raised about Dominion’s Coal Ash in Chesapeake, VA
Charlottesville, VA – Today the Southern Environmental Law Center, representing the Sierra Club, sent notice to Dominion Virginia Power of their intention to bring suit under the Clean Water Act to...
Conservation Group Notifies Federal Agencies of Intent to Sue
SELC notified U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. EPA today of the NC Coastal Federation's intent to sue the federal agencies under the Clean Water Act's citizen suit provision for failing to protect 251...
Putting the Pieces Together on Route 29
U.S. 29 deeply impacts our lives as residents of the Charlottesville-Albemarle community. It connects us to many of our favorite places to shop and eat. It links neighborhoods to important employers, and it connects the...
Conservation Groups Reach Settlement Agreement with South Carolina Utilities on Net Metering
Conservation groups reached a settlement today with South Carolina utilities to ensure that customers who choose to invest in solar will receive full retail credit for any power that flows back onto the grid.