Taxonomy Archives: North Carolina

Permit to pollute withdrawn after N.C. community pushes back

Union Hill Community Challenges Virginia Air Board Decision

Today the Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of its client the Friends of Buckingham, challenged the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board’s decision to approve Dominion’s Atlantic Coast Pipe...

New federal funds foster engagement in management of public forests

Citizens Demand Action in North Carolina as Virginia Moves Ahead with Coal Ash Cleanups

With Virginia’s announcement today of a bipartisan agreement that requires Dominion Energy to excavate all the coal ash from its unlined waterfront lagoons in Virginia, North Carolina stands out by fa...

Court Decision Allows Outer Banks Bridge to Avoid NC-12 Wash-Outs to Continue

A federal appeals court decision today allows construction to continue on an Outer Banks bridge to move a frequently-washed-out section of Highway NC-12 near Rodanthe out of the Pea Island National Wi...

Groups Petition N.C. to Remove “Swamp Waters” Classification from Lower Cape Fear River

Waterkeeper Alliance and Cape Fear River Watch, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center, petitioned today to remove North Carolina’s “swamp waters” classification from 15 miles of the Low...

Take action: Tell N.C. officials to demand coal ash clean up

Duke Energy filings confirm groundwater pollution at Carolinas coal ash sites

Duke Energy Filings Confirm Groundwater Pollution at Coal Ash Sites in Carolinas

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.--Duke Energy’s coal ash lagoons are illegally polluting groundwater throughout the Carolinas with dangerous pollutants including arsenic and radioactive materials

Federal Court Throws Out Forest Service Permit, Rules Agency Can’t Authorize Crossing AT

RICHMOND, VA— Today the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a federal approval for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to cross two national forests, including parts of the Appalachian Trail.