Taxonomy Archives: North Carolina

Environmental Groups File to Intervene on Duke Energy’s Proposed New Gas Plant

N.C. Utilities Commission issues order on payments to independent renewable power producers

NC Utilities Commission Issues Order on Payments to Independent Power Producers

Chapel Hill, N.C.- The NC Utilities Commission issued an order yesterday in its biennial proceeding to set the rates that the state’s monopoly electric utilities must pay when they buy power from inde...

Staff report: Majority of Duke’s N.C. coal ash lagoons present “high risk”

Oil & Gas Industry Exaggerates Economic Benefit of Atlantic Offshore Drilling, New Report Finds

Charlottesville, VA- A new report reveals how an industry-sponsored report, used by drilling proponents to justify support for offshore drilling off the Southeast coast, overestimates the potential ec...

State move to exempt toxic air polluters raises cumulative health risks for N.C. families

Exempting Toxic Air Polluters Raises Cumulative Health and Cancer Risks for NC Families

Chapel Hill, N.C.- The NC Department of Environmental Quality’s proposal to exempt 1,200 emitters of dangerous pollutants from limits and reporting requirements across the state ignores the local and...

Lax state oversight puts vulnerable North Carolina community at risk

EPA sends warning to state enviro agency in N.C.

U. S. FWS to Court for Failures to Protect the World’s Only Red Wolves

Chapel Hill, N.C.- Conservation groups filed a complaint in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) for its failure to protect...