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Statement on The NC Division of Air Quality’s letter requiring Duke to meet Clean Air Act standard
The North Carolina Division of Air Quality (DAQ) today notified Duke Energy Carolinas that the new unit recently permitted at Duke’s Cliffside power plant near Shelby must incorporate the most stringent emissions limitations achievable for...
Forested wetlands receive landmark protections from federal court
A decision that will provide strengthened protection for forested wetlands throughout the United States and will protect Georgia’s coast from an abuse of tree harvesting operations was handed down recently by U.S. District Court Judge...
Bird populations on the rise at Hatteras under new plan
The number of birds nesting on Cape Hatteras National Seashore is already showing preliminary signs of recovery, less than a month after additional sections of the beach were closed under a new management plan that...
Forest Service threatened with lawsuit for protecting Tellico River watershed
Three organizations that promote motorized recreation on public lands issued a press statement late Thursday threatening to sue the U.S. Forest Service for closing several miles of off-road vehicle trails in the Tellico ORV Area...
Corps outlines plans for largest wetland destruction in NC history
Later today, the Army Corps of Engineers is expected to release the final Environmental Impact Statement on Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (PCS)’s request to expand its Aurora phosphate mine. The EIS is expected to outline...
Clean energy advocates petition Dominion Power to call off its dirty coal plant, invest in clean energy
Citizens from Wise County, where Dominion Power proposes building a controversial coal-fired power plant, and from across Virginia rallied in Richmond today to urge the company to drop the project and instead invest in energy...
Environmental groups to Duke: Stop illegal construction of Cliffside or face lawsuit
On behalf of four environmental groups, the Southern Environmental Law Center will put Duke Energy Carolinas on notice today that the company is violating the law by constructing a new unit at its Cliffside power...
DOE pushes federal condemnation for coal by wire
Yesterday, six regional and national environmental and historic preservation organizations and one local government in Virginia filed a petition for judicial review of the Department of Energy's final designation of the Mid-Atlantic and Southwest National...
Federal judge approves agreement to preserve wildlife and recreation opportunities on Hatteras
U.S. District Court Judge Terrence Boyle today approved a consent decree offered by the three parties involved in a lawsuit to regulate beach driving along Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
Environmental coalition exposes illegal mercury limits in DEQ permit for Wise County coal plant
A preliminary mercury pollution permit proposed for Dominion Power's coal-fired power plant in Wise County contains a built-in "out clause," drafted by the company, that would allow it to routinely exceed limits on emissions of...