Taxonomy Archives: North Carolina

February 12, 2016

SELC Receives Grant from Louis Bacon’s Orton Foundation

Chapel Hill, N.C.— At a time of aggressive rollbacks of state environmental protections, The Orton Foundation, the North Carolina affiliate of Louis Bacon’s Moore Charitable Foundation, has awarded th...

February 11, 2016

Winners of SELC Writing Award Reveal Our Bond with the Natural World

The Southern Environmental Law Center will present its annual Reed Environmental Writing Awards on March 18 during the Virginia Festival of the Book.

February 3, 2016

SELC op-ed: On anniversary of coal ash spill, N.C. officials flip-flopping on risk assessments

February 1, 2016

South Carolina Groundwater Contamination Plummets after Coal Ash Removal

Chapel Hill, N.C.- According to a January 29, 2016 report, groundwater contamination has dramatically declined along the Catawba-Wateree River after coal ash removal by South Carolina utility South Ca...

January 26, 2016

N.C. unwisely looking to fit dirty fuels into clean energy standards

January 25, 2016

South Carolina Coal Ash Removal Ahead of Schedule While North Carolina Stalls

Chapel Hill, N.C.-While Duke Energy stalls on moving ash at 7 of 14 unlined, leaking coal ash sites across North Carolina, S.C. utility Santee Cooper reports it has removed one-third of the coal ash f...

January 20, 2016

EPA Urged to Adopt Stronger Incentives for Clean Energy, Energy Efficiency in Clean Power Plan

January 11, 2016

Groups Ask NCDOT to Re-Think $2.5 Billion “Complete 540” Toll Road – Most Expensive in NC History

January 11, 2016

SELC asks NCDOT to rethink $2.5B Raleigh toll road

January 6, 2016

Duke Energy and state officials dine at North Carolina governor’s mansion