Taxonomy Archives: North Carolina

Four Health and Medical Groups File Legal Action Defending Lifesaving Mercury and Air Toxics Standards

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Lung Association, American Public Health Association, and Physicians for Social Responsibility, represented by the Southern ...

The future of the Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests depends on us

SELC Statement on Senate Passing of The Great American Outdoors Act

Atlantic Coast Pipeline problems persist despite Supreme Court decision

WASHINGTON, DC— Today, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a lower court decision that limited the U.S. Forest Service’s authority to issue a permit to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP).

Trump administration environmental order could further silence vulnerable communities

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — Today the Trump administration said it will issue an executive order directing federal agencies to bypass a longstanding bedrock environmental law that protects communities

Decision to log forest ignores public input and science, threatens trout streams

SELC op-ed: NCDOT should look beyond road building to projects that build stronger communities

Agreement between NC DEQ, local polluter would lead to another retired power plant

Buncombe County Commission unanimously passes Craggy Mountain resolution

Conservation Groups Challenge EPA’s Gutting of Clean Water Protections in Federal Court

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Conservation groups today challenged in federal court the administration’s effort to gut clean water protections from wetlands and streams that feed drinking-water sources for 200 m...