Taxonomy Archives: North Carolina

D.C. Circuit Hears Challenge to Unjust FERC Practice Used to Advance Construction of Unnecessary Atlantic Coast Pipeline

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia heard a challenge to FERC "tolling orders" that prevents landowners and communities from challenging FERC’s decisions in court before energy infrastr...

U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Protecting Water from Toxic Pollution

WASHINGTON, DC—Following a decision today by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Southern Environmental Law Center released the following statement by Frank Holleman, a senior attorney at the center.

Former EPA, Army Officials Condemn Trump Administration’s Clean Water Act Rollback

WASHINGTON, DC – Six former senior government officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of the Army today condemned the Trump administration’s plan to gut long-establi...

Amid Health Crisis, Trump Administration Advances Rule to Gut Essential Clean Water Protections

WASHINGTON, DC – As communities across the country take action against COVID-19, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today published a rule in the Federal Re...

Court rules funds rightfully belong to enviro groups

Chemours’ Plan Doesn’t Comply with State Law

A proposed plan by Chemours under a consent order does not even attempt to comply with state law and would leave highly contaminated groundwater in the ground to pollute the Cape Fear River for decade...

Chemours’ plan doesn’t comply with state law

SELC Op-Ed: Chemours cleanup plan falls short

New study evaluates pathways for reducing NC transportation pollution

SELC Announces Winners of the Phil Reed Environmental Writing Awards

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA—The Southern Environmental Law Center has announced the winners of its 2020 Phillip D. Reed Environmental Writing Awards, to be presented during the Virginia Festival of the Book i...