Taxonomy Archives: North Carolina

August 21, 2018

Court Partially Halts North Carolina Legislature’s Power Grab

The SELC released statements after the Wake County Superior Court issued an injunction to stop the NC legislature’s efforts to place two constitutional amendments on the ballot this fall.

August 21, 2018

Cape Fear River is not a swamp, EPA confirms

August 16, 2018

FERC Faces Fourth Circuit Court Challenge on ACP

WASHINGTON, DC— Today, the Southern Environmental Law Center and Appalachian Mountain Advocates on behalf of a group of 13 conservation organizations filed suit against the Federal Energy Regulatory C...

August 16, 2018

Federal Judge Strikes Down Administration’s Clean Water Act Attack

A federal judge in South Carolina today struck down the administration’s effort to strip away crucial clean water protections for nearly 20 million people in the South and 117 million people across th...

August 15, 2018

Court allows N.C. citizens’ coal ash suit to proceed

August 15, 2018

Court Temporarily Halts North Carolina Legislature’s Power Grab

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The Wake County Superior Court issued an order halting the printing of North Carolina ballots as litigation continues on the NC legislature’s efforts to place four state constituti...

August 10, 2018

FERC Orders Construction to Stop on Entire Route of Atlantic Coast Pipeline

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ordered all construction halted on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline following a ruling from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals throwing ou...

August 9, 2018

Public, politicians, scientists, and conservationists oppose rule threatening red wolf recovery

August 6, 2018

The North Carolina NAACP, Clean Air Carolina, SELC and Forward Justice Join Forces

CHAPEL HILL, N.C – Clean Air Carolina and the North Carolina NAACP, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), will file suit today against North Carolina Speaker of the House Tim Mo...

August 6, 2018

Filed: N.C. groups challenge legislature’s unconstitutional power grab