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Georgia Public Service Commission fails to expand popular rooftop solar program and approves electric bill increases
ATLANTA — Despite outcry from Georgians overburdened by energy bills amid inflation concerns, the state’s Public Service Commission voted today to approve the first of many electric bill increases that will hit customers’ pocketbooks over...
Virginia’s State Corporation Commission approves offshore wind settlement
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va — Last week the State Corporation Commission approved a settlement, accepting a replacement for the performance standard that was part of the its final order approving Dominion Energy’s application for the Coastal Virginia...
Dominion Energy fails to address root cause of higher costs for customers
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Today, the South Carolina Public Service Commission approved an agreement that addresses Dominion’s attempt to pass fossil fuel costs to customers. With buy-in from all parties in the proceeding, the agreement reduces...
Lawsuit challenges illegal use of federally backed loans for industrial-scale poultry operation
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of a local community group, Concerned Citizens of West Tennessee, filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging that a federal loan...
OHM, SELC challenge Corps’ elimination of critical dredging protections
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Today, One Hundred Miles, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center, challenged the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ unlawful decision to eliminate seasonal limitations on dredging projects that...
SELC, GASP secure nearly $1 million penalty against Bluestone Coke plant
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — In an unprecedented step to improve air quality for Birmingham residents, GASP, the Southern Environmental Law Center, and the Jefferson County Department of Health filed a consent decree...
State agency committee report confirms Virginia is not ready for industrial-scale gold mining
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va — After nearly a year of study, a state agency committee formed as part of a work group to evaluate the impacts of gold mining on public health and safety in Virginia released...
Conservation groups applaud DEQ fine against polluting hog operation
FREMONT, N.C. — This week, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued a $34,520 penalty against White Oak Farms, an industrial hog operation in Fremont. The penalty stemmed from a May 2022 incident in...
Air Pollution Control Board advances RGGI repeal proposal
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Today, during its last meeting of 2022, Virginia’s Air Pollution Control Board advanced a proposal to remove the state from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, better known as RGGI. Virginia joined RGGI...
EPA releases new guidance for states to stop toxic PFAS pollution
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—New guidance to states issued today by the Environmental Protection Agency is critical for people’s health nationwide because it makes clear that state agencies should enforce existing law to...