Taxonomy Archives: North Carolina

SELC op-ed: Clean water under attack in North Carolina

Local and citizen groups object to N.C. DEQ’s flawed permit for $5.5 billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline

Atlantic Coast Pipeline Decision Puts National Forests at Risk

SELC strongly opposes the U.S. Forest Service decision to approve the ACP, slated to cut through 600-miles including lands in the Appalachian Mountains and the George Washington and Monongahela Nation...

Groups Take Legal Action Against FERC on Atlantic Coast Pipeline

A coalition of affected landowners and conservation groups today filed a request for rehearing urging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reconsider its approval of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline...

SELC: Congress Passes Bill Proposing to Treat Southeastern National Forests as Mere Crops

FERC Approves Unnecessary and Destructive Pipelines

Maps released by Duke Energy outline extent of damage if coal ash storage fails again

After Groups’ Legal Action, Duke Energy Releases Dam Safety Information for NC Coal Ash Sites

Chapel Hill, N.C.- More than two weeks after local community groups notified Duke Energy that they planned to bring enforcement actions against it for withholding legally-required critical dam safety ...

Clean Power Plan Repeal Puts Coal Profits Ahead Of Health, Ignores Accelerating Weather Dangers

Charlottesville, VA – Without offering any ideas, substitutes or leadership, the Trump-appointed EPA chief today announced plans to repeal the landmark Clean Power Plan that was meant to address clim...

Environmental Groups Reach Settlement in North Carolina Public Records Act Case

Chapel Hill, N.C.—In a major win for transparency, the Southern Environmental Law Center and Waterkeeper Alliance today announced they have reached a settlement in a dispute with the North Carolina De...