Taxonomy Archives: North Carolina

New Protections Place Atlantic Canyons Off-limits to Offshore Drilling

Charlottesville, VA- Today the Obama administration announced that it would permanently protect 3.8 million acres of the Atlantic Ocean from offshore oil and gas development

Federal Court Declares $900M Garden Parkway Toll Highway Dead on Arrival

Chapel Hill, N.C. A ruling today by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals on a legal challenge to the Garden Parkway, a proposed toll highway project near Charlotte, N.C., found it is not a viable proj...

Federal court declares North Carolina’s $900M Garden Parkway toll highway dead on arrival

Reports raise prospect of last-minute power grab to reshape N.C. courts as McCrory exits

SELC urges continued backing of N.C. light rail at key juncture

N.C. administrative court allows flooding Blounts Creek with mine wastewater

Administrative Court Allows Flooding of Blounts Creek with Mine Wastewater

Chapel Hill, N.C.- A state administrative court today upheld a state permit that allows a proposed Martin Marietta mine to flood a popular fishing creek in eastern North Carolina with wastewater from ...

Conservation Groups Reach Settlement with Duke Energy on Sutton Coal Ash

SELC, N.C. conservation groups reach settlement on coal ash pollution near Wilmington

Figure Eight Island Homeowners Reject Shoreline Hardening