Taxonomy Archives: North Carolina

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...

Settlement Reached on Protecting World’s Only Wild Red Wolves from Deadly Mistaken Identity

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of NC today indicated its approval of a settlement agreement between conservation nonprofits and the NC Wildlife Resources Commission to address shooti...

After Burlington settlement, SELC unveils NC water quality enforcement initiative

With SELC assistance, citizens slow poultry plant threatening Cape Fear River

Coal Ash Pollution Cases Against Duke Energy

A Superior Court ruling allows the Roanoke River Basin Association, represented by the SELC, to participate as a full party with respect to two Duke Energy coal ash sites near the Virginia border.

Conservation Groups Challenge Unlawful Permit to Prevent Further Shoreline Damage

SELC and our partners have filed suit in federal court challenging the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers’ use of a permit that allows construction of bulkheads, seawalls, and other hardened structures to be...