Taxonomy Archives: North Carolina
SELC Calls for Submissions for Phil Reed Environmental Writing Awards
Charlottesville, VA—The Southern Environmental Law Center is now accepting submissions for the 2018 Phillip D. Reed Environmental Writing Awards. Nominations are welcome from anyone, including readers...
FERC Should Not Fast Track Pending Pipeline Decisions Under Newly Confirmed Leadership
Charlottesville, VA- Today’s confirmations would restore the agency’s quorum, increasing the likelihood that FERC will move forward with several pipelines currently under consideration.
Breaking: Federal Judge dismisses Duke Energy’s attempt to forum shop N.C. coal ash case
Court Action Seeks to Get Duke Energy Coal Ash Out of Groundwater and Stop Leaks into Hyco Lake
Chapel Hill, N.C.- The SELC, on behalf of the Roanoke River Basin Assoc, today filed an enforcement action in federal court against Duke Energy for its illegal plans to leave over 19 million tons of c...
Trump Administration Launches Bid to Strip Protection from South’s Rivers, Lakes, and Streams
Washington, D.C.- The Southern Environmental Law Center released the following statement ahead of the Trump Administration’s expected move to formally repeal the 2015 Clean Water Rule
Groups Ask N.C. Utilities Commission to Scrutinize Deals Utilities Made with Themselves
Chapel Hill, N.C.- The SELC, on behalf of the Sierra Club, filed a motion with the North Carolina Utilities Commission urging the Commission to reconsider its approval of contracts.
SELC, Sierra Club ask N.C. officials to scrutinize utility deals claiming need for $5B ACP
FERC Shirks its Responsibility to Public Interest
Charlottesville, VA—The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is plowing forward by granting next steps to project developers of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline without considering whether a new natural ga...