Taxonomy Archives: North Carolina

Trump Administration Signals Unprecedented Attack on America’s Clean Water Protections

WASHINGTON – The Southern Environmental Law Center released the following statement in response to the announcement that the Trump administration had submitted a proposal for inter-agency review that ...

SELC op-ed: N.C. budget bungles GenX action

Court decision keeps reliable Outer Banks transportation moving forward

Court Decision Keeps Reliable Outer Banks Transportation Route Moving Forward

CHAPEL HILL, NC - A federal court today ruled in favor of conservation groups represented by the SELC defending the NC DOT’s plan to provide safe, reliable transportation on Hatteras Island by moving ...

Action needed as legislature sabotages N.C. light rail

SELC Sues for Information on Secret Public Lands Overhaul

N.C. Republicans push problem-laden budget without public input

Conservation Groups Sue Trump Administration over its Illegal Approval of $2.2 Billion 540 Toll Road

The Southern Environmental Law Center today filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of NC challenging the United States Fish and Wildlife Service’s illegal approva...

Conservation groups sue over illegal approval of $2.2B N.C. toll road

FERC Should Stand by its Order

Today, Atlantic Coast Pipelined developers asked FERC for the right to continue construction despite the potential harm to endangered species. The Southern Environmental Law Center is issuing the foll...