Taxonomy Archives: North Carolina
U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds Protections Against Toxic Air Pollution from Coal-fired Power Plants
In a major victory for people’s health, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit today upheld EPA’s Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for Power Plants – a clean air safeguard that...
Dan River Groups Seek Cleanup of Duke’s Coal Ash Pollution
The Southern Environmental Law Center today filed motions to allow four conservation groups working on the Dan River to participate in the state court enforcement action against Duke Energy for its il...
DENR May Reinstate Suspended Coal Ash Settlement
The NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources told the North Carolina Superior Court that it may reinstate the proposed settlement it brokered with Duke Energy over its illegal pollution at i...
NC DENR Abandons Sweetheart Deal for Unneeded Dam
Yielding to a challenge from the Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of American Rivers, the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources has quietly reversed its unprecedent...
SELC Comments on Duke Energy’s Response to Governor
NC coal ash, court rules
As Fallout from Coal Ash Spill Grows, NC Governor Pat McCrory Calls for Removing Ash Ponds from Waterways
As national attention remains focused on North Carolina in wake of Duke Energy’s massive coal ash spill into the Dan River, North Carolina’s Governor has now called on Duke Energy and North Carolina o...
Risks Remain until Dan River Coal Ash is Removed from Unlined Pits
As the ongoing environmental crisis intensifies around the Duke Energy coal ash spill along the Virginia-North Carolina border, officials with the U.S. EPA have announced they will hold a briefing in ...
NC Agency Seeks to Delay Enforcement against Duke Energy Over Coal Ash Pollution
The Southern Environmental Law Center commented on the late-evening request of the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources asking the North Carolina State Court to delay judicia...
Statement on Duke Energy Coal Ash Spill in North Carolina’s Dan River from Frank Holleman, senior
The following is a statement regarding today’s report by Duke Energy of a coal ash spill at its Dan River Steam Station in North Carolina from Frank Holleman, a senior attorney at the Southern Environ...