Taxonomy Archives: North Carolina

Energy Bill Help and Access to Clean Energy

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — An order by the N.C. Utilities Commission in Duke Energy Carolinas’ most recent rate case included approval of a settlement agreement that the North Carolina Justice Center, North ...

Corridor K: Broad coalition celebrates long-fought win for right-sized road

NC gov’s proposed budget invests in healthy air and water, clean energy jobs

Landmark Environmental Justice Bill Introduced in Congress

WASHINGTON — Today the most far-reaching Congressional bill to advance environmental justice was introduced, during a time of increasing political commitment to address how communities of color and pe...

Court Finds North Carolina’s Denial of Mountain Valley Pipeline Permit Consistent with Clean Water Act

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit decided that the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality complied with the Clean Water Act and state water quality laws ...

Active Energy sued for illegal pollution of NC’s Lumber River from toxic site

Report by Duke and UNC Shows Cost-Effective Approach to Reducing Carbon

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — According to a report released today by Duke University and the University of North Carolina, setting a declining cap on carbon pollution from power plants and joining a cooperativ...

Active Energy Sued for Illegal Pollution of North Carolina’s Lumber River from Toxic Site

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — On behalf of Winyah Rivers Alliance, the Southern Environmental Law Center today sued to stop Active Energy Renewable Power and Lumberton Energy Holdings— subsidiaries of the U.K. ...

Report by Duke and UNC shows cost-effective approach to reducing carbon

2021 Reed Awards Honor Great Writing About the Southeast’s Fragile Coast

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Two writers who have delved into the past and present challenges facing treasured places on the Southeast coast will receive the 2021 Phillip D. Reed Environmental Writing Award...