Taxonomy Archives: North Carolina
SELC op-ed: GenX needs action, not more study
Conservation Groups Challenge Attack on Clean Water in Federal Court
Conservation groups today challenged in court the administration’s effort to strip away crucial clean water protections from rivers, lakes, streams and other waters that feed drinking-water sources f...
North Carolina’s Sunset Beach saved from development
FERC Faces Legal Challenge Over ACP Decision
The Southern Environmental Law Center and Appalachian Mountain Advocates filed a challenge in federal court on behalf of 11 conservation groups challenging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s d...
Legal Challenges Filed Targeting Atlantic Coast Pipeline Approvals
SELC on behalf of a coalition of groups, filed legal challenges to decisions by the Virginia State Water Control Board, the National Park Service and, The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
New N.C. permit for Duke Energy coal ash pollution gets mixed reviews
N.C. DEQ Proposes Improvements but Allows a Delay of Toxic Pollution Limits for Duke Energy
In response to legal action by the SELC on behalf of Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation, Sierra Club, and Waterkeeper Alliance, DEQ today announced that it will no longer permit natural streams at Duke En...
Administration Playing Politics by Only Removing Florida from Offshore Drilling Plan
The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) released the following statement after Secretary Zinke announced he planned to remove Florida from the administration’s draft five-year offshore drilling p...
Trump Administration’s Plan for Offshore Drilling Threatens Southeast Communities
SELC released the following statement after the Trump Administration announced its draft five-year offshore drilling plan, proposing to open the Mid- and South Atlantic to risky drilling.