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SELC statement on settlement agreement in Dominion Energy rate case
RICHMOND, Va. — Today Dominion Energy, Virginia’s State Corporation Commission (SCC), and the Office of the Attorney General filed a tentative settlement agreement in Dominion’s pending base rate case.
EPA’s PFAS Roadmap includes path forged by fight to stop Chemours pollution in North Carolina
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—Following EPA’s announcement of its PFAS Roadmap today in Raleigh on the 49th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, the Southern Environmental Law Center released the following statement by Geoff Gisler, senior attorney...
Statement on Governor Cooper’s signing of a North Carolina energy bill, House Bill 951
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The Southern Environmental Law Center today issued the following statement by Derb Carter, senior attorney, regarding the signing of...
Divided federal regulators allow new energy market to go into effect
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today a divided Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) failed to reach a consensus on a proposal by Southern utilities to create a new energy trading platform, resulting in the proposal taking effect...
SELC statement on Community Flood Preparedness Grants funded through RGGI
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Today the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation announced grant recipients of the first round of the new Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund, which is financed through revenue Virginia recently began receiving...
Statement by the Southern Environmental Law Center regarding N.C. House Bill 951
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—The Southern Environmental Law Center today issued the following statement regarding N.C. House Bill 951 as announced by Governor Cooper and Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) on October 1. The bill...
SELC statement on U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s declaration of 23 extinct species
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Today the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the extinction of 23 species. In response to the announcement, SELC Staff Attorney Ramona McGee released the following statement:...
Settlement sets new limits, improves monitoring on gas project to better protect community
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Eastern North Carolina will benefit from new operating limits and better monitoring that will provide greater protections against air pollution from a gas processing plant after a settlement agreement announced today...
Civil rights filing alleges discriminatory harm in NC hog operations permits
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.— On behalf of the Duplin County Branch of the North Carolina Conference of the NAACP and the North Carolina Poor People’s Campaign, the Southern Environmental Law Center filed a complaint with the...
Memphis City Council unanimously enacts long-overdue drinking water protections
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — On Tuesday, the Memphis City Council unanimously passed a much-needed ordinance that creates added protections for Memphians’ health and their drinking water.