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North Carolina Real Estate Commission Petitioned to Disclose Flood History
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—The Southern Environmental Law Center today petitioned the North Carolina Real Estate Commission to require sellers to disclose to potential buyers information about past flood damages on behalf of...
Court declines to order release of opinion from Attorney General’s office that withdrawing Virginia from RGGI would violate law
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Yesterday the Charlottesville Circuit Court upheld the withholding of an opinion from the Attorney General’s office advising that the Youngkin administration’s efforts to withdraw Virginia from the emissions reduction program known as...
Conservation groups push state officials to better regulate wastewater discharges after bacterial bloom appears in Middle Tennessee waterway
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Last week, the Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of the Harpeth Conservancy, filed an official complaint to the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation alerting state officials...
Lawsuit challenges Army Corps decision imperiling wetlands near Okefenokee Swamp
WASHINGTON — On behalf of four conservation groups, the Southern Environmental Law Center today challenged in federal court a decision by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to unlawfully reinstate jurisdictional...
Conservation groups file to defend N.C. permit limits on PFAS water pollution against Chemours’ challenge
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—On behalf of Cape Fear River Watch, the Southern Environmental Law Center today filed a motion to intervene in the North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings to defend a...
Parties reach agreement on offshore wind project with significant customer cost protections
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Today the Office of the Attorney General’s Division of Consumer Counsel, Dominion Energy, Walmart, the Sierra Club, and Appalachian Voices filed a settlement proposal with Virginia’s State Corporation Commission, ending months-long debate regarding the funding and...
Cutting pollution from trucks a smart move for North Carolinians
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.— The Southern Environmental Law Center welcomed Governor Roy Cooper’s announcement today to press forward with a wide-ranging initiative to cut pollution from medium and heavy-duty trucks as an exciting move for North...
Solar is now much more affordable and accessible thanks to Virginia’s State Corporation Commission
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Today Virginia’s State Corporation Commission ruled that customers participating in Dominion’s Multi-family Solar Program will have to pay the utility an administrative charge of $16.78 per month, drastically lower than the $87.68...
Virginia’s State Corporation Commission upholds the highest monthly minimum bill for shared solar customers in the country
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Today Virginia’s State Corporation Commission ruled that the monthly minimum bill for customers participating in Dominion’s Shared Solar Program will remain $55.10, more than eight times the basic customer charge that Virginians...
Duke Energy passes rising fuel costs on to captive customers in South Carolina
CHARLESTON, S.C. — On Tuesday, South Carolina’s Public Service Commission approved Duke Energy Carolinas’ request to raise utility bills by 10.4%—more than $12 per month for a typical residential customer—to cover skyrocketing fossil fuel costs.