Taxonomy Archives: North Carolina
Court Grants Conservation Groups Participation in NC Coal Ash Cases
The NC Superior Court has granted requests filed by the SELC that conservation groups from across NC participate as full parties in the pending enforcement actions brought by the NC DENR against Duke ...
Yadkin Riverkeeper and City of Thomasville Announce Settlement in Clean Water Act Citizen Suit
The City of Thomasville and the Yadkin Riverkeeper announced that they reached a settlement resolving the Riverkeeper’s Clean Water Act citizen suit against the city after numerous, sizeable discharge...
Groups Seek Prevention of More Burlington Sewage Spills into Haw River
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...