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Southern Environmental Law Center Notifies DENR of Unpermitted Coal Ash Contamination at Lee Steam Station Near Goldsboro
The Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of a coalition of local and regional conservation groups, today filed comments informing state environmental regulators that a draft discharge permit for the former Progress Energy’s H.F. Lee...
Conservation Groups Challenge Approval of Misleading Wetlands “Mitigation” Proposal
Conservation groups have gone to federal court to challenge the approval of a mitigation bank on 700 acres in the Lower Savannah River watershed.
Southern Environmental Law Center Moves to stop Duke Energy’s Coal Ash Pollution of Mountain Island
The Southern Environmental Law Center, representing the Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation, today filed a motion to intervene in the pending Mecklenburg County proceeding to stop Duke Energy’s coal ash pollution of Mountain Island Lake near Charlotte.
DHEC Will Issue New Permit to Replace Long-Expired Permit for Santee Cooper Coal Ash Ponds
Conservation groups represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center have secured DHEC’s binding commitment to issue a new water pollution control permit to replace the old permit that expired almost 7 years ago at Santee...
Groups Reach Settlement on Savannah Harbor Expansion Project
Conservation groups today announced a settlement reached in the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project litigation that establishes significant new conservation efforts to help the Savannah River withstand the harm from further deepening, and requires proof that...
North Carolina Sues Duke Energy in Charlotte for Pollution of Mountain Island Lake
North Carolina has filed a second proceeding against Duke Energy for its pollution of Mountain Island Lake, the source of drinking water for approximately 860,000 people in Charlotte, Gastonia, and Mount Holly, as well as...
Three Questions VDOT Must Answer at Tonight’s Charlottesville Bypass Meeting
A public meeting tonight will address the latest in a long series of troubling developments with the controversial Charlottesville Bypass proposal.
State Files Suit Against Duke Energy For Coal Ash Pollution in Mountain Island Lake
In response to a Notice of Intent to Sue filed by the Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of the Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation, the State of North Carolina has filed suit against Duke Energy for...
Southern Environmental Law Center: Santee Cooper Closure Plan is Illegal and Destined to Fail
The Southern Environmental Law Center has filed comments demonstrating that Santee Cooper's closure plan for its coal ash at its Grainger facility in Conway, S.C., is unlawful, is based on a mistaken geologic assumption, leaves...
Why We’re at the Table: Utility Rate Hearings, Our Natural Resources and Our Economy
Today, the Alabama Public Service Commission (PSC) is holding the first of three informal hearings on Alabama Power Co.’s rate of return on equity, a measure of the utility’s guaranteed profit.