Taxonomy Archives: North Carolina
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...
Local Groups Seek Clean Up of Duke’s Coal Ash Pollution Across North Carolina
The Southern Environmental Law Center today filed motions to allow seven local conservation groups to participate in state court enforcement actions against Duke Energy’s illegal coal ash pollution of...
Transportation Expert Says DOT’s Analysis Insufficient to Support Building $900 Million Monroe Bypass
The North Carolina Department of Transportation’s recent analysis of the Monroe Bypass is so flawed that it cannot justify the decision to build the $900 million highway according to a report released...
Conservation Groups Reach Agreement with Forest Service on Logging at Courthouse Creek
Conservation groups reached an agreement with the Forest Service that will allow the agency to move forward with the controversial Courthouse Creek timber sale.
State asked to review water quality certification for Pee Dee River
The Southern Environmental Law Center and the Natural Heritage Institute, representing the City of Rockingham and American Rivers, have asked a court to review the state's decision to issue a water qu...
Corps outlines plans for largest wetland destruction in NC history
Later today, the Army Corps of Engineers is expected to release the final Environmental Impact Statement on Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (PCS)’s request to expand its Aurora phosphate mine.
Forest Service threatened with lawsuit for protecting Tellico River watershed
Three organizations that promote motorized recreation on public lands issued a press statement late Thursday threatening to sue the U.S. Forest Service for closing several miles of off-road vehicle tr...
SELC to testify before Congress on bill that would reverse progress on protecting wildlife at Cape Hatteras National Seashore
After just one season of limits on beach driving at Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina, several protected bird and turtle species whose numbers were dwindling are making a comeback, acc...