Taxonomy Archives: North Carolina
Southern Environmental Law Center Calls for Protection of Southeast Coasts from Offshore Drilling
Today the U.S. Department of the Interior released a draft five-year plan that would make the Mid- and South Atlantic coasts available to oil and gas leasing starting in 2017.
Conservation Groups and Landowner Challenge Constitutionality of NC Mining and Energy Commission
A local conservation group and landowner today challenged the constitutionality of North Carolina’s Mining and Energy Commission in Wake County Superior Court.
Conservation Groups Seek to Stop Town of Red Springs from Illegally Discharging Sewage Waste
Citing ongoing permit violations over sewage discharge into local rivers and streams, a conservation group has charged that the Town of Red Springs is violating the Clean Water Act and that failure to...
Conservation Group Notifies Federal Agencies of Intent to Sue
SELC notified U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. EPA today of the NC Coastal Federation's intent to sue the federal agencies under the Clean Water Act's citizen suit provision for failing to protec...
SELC’s Frank Holleman featured on “60 Minutes”
New Coal Ash Leaks Discovered at Duke Energy’s Buck Power Plant
Chapel Hill, NC – Massive coal ash pollution leaks have been discovered pouring from Duke Energy’s Buck Power Plant into the Yadkin River, conservation groups revealed today.
Southeastern States Have Clear Path for Meeting Carbon Pollution Targets Under Clean Power Plan
U.S. Forest Service Proposes Opening Most of the Popular Pisgah-Nantahala National Forest to Logging
The U.S. Forest Service is proposing industrial-scale logging in the vast majority of the Pisgah-Nantahala National Forest in western North Carolina -- about 700,000 acres, or an area bigger than the ...
Agreement protects endangered red wolves
SELC Calls for Stronger Protections for Southeastern Wetlands in Comments to EPA
SELC filed comments today on the Environmental Protection Agency’s and the Army Corps of Engineers’ proposed rule to clarify what streams, rivers, lakes and wetlands are protected under the Clean Wate...