Taxonomy Archives: North Carolina
Authority Objects to Duke Energy Blocking Access to 11,000 Acres of Wilmington Groundwater
The Cape Fear Public Utility Authority Board today objected to a provision in a proposed agreement by Duke Energy that would set a 17-square-mile area of groundwater--an area that reaches to downtown ...
Forest Service Must Explore Road Alternatives at Fires Creek
Following an appeal by conservation groups, the regional office of the U.S. Forest Service ruled that the Nantahala National Forest must consider alternative routes outside of a sensitive watershed to...
Duke Coal Ash Pollution Ruining Public Drinking Water Resource in Wilmington, NC
Coal ash pollution from Duke Energy Progress’s Sutton coal-fired power plant is forcing the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority to abandon groundwater wells that now provide drinking water to the Flemi...
Groups Appeal to Court for Reliable Route to Hatteras
Before the N.C. Department of Transportation commits public resources to building and maintaining a patchwork of bridges and highway in the Atlantic Ocean’s tidal zone and surf for the next 50 years, ...
Plans to Flood Blounts Creek with Mine Wastewater Challenged
On behalf of the Pamlico-Tar River Foundation and the N.C. Coastal Federation, the Southern Environmental Law Center today challenged a state permit that would allow a proposed Martin Marietta mine to...
N.C. Violated its Duty by Permitting More, Avoidable Pollution from Titan’s Proposed Cement Plant
The state failed to uphold its legal responsibility to protect people from avoidable harm by authorizing increased pollution from the proposed Titan America cement plant in New Hanover County, accordi...
Conservation Groups in Federal Court over Duke Energy Progress’s Coal Ash Pollution of Sutton Lake and Groundwater near Wilmington
Conservation groups today filed suit in federal court against Duke Energy Progress, Inc., to clean up the company’s toxic coal ash pollution of Sutton Lake near Wilmington, N.C, and coal ash pollution...
Unprecedented North Carolina Waiver of Water Quality Protections Challenged
On behalf of American Rivers, the Southern Environmental Law Center challenged the North Carolina Department of the Environment and Natural Resources’ unprecedented waiver of its responsibility to uph...
Conservation Groups Move to Protect Lakes Norman and Wylie from Coal Ash Pollution
The Southern Environmental Law Center today moved to intervene in the state enforcement action pending in Mecklenburg County Superior Court against Duke Energy’s illegal coal ash pollution at six diff...
Conservation Groups Act to Join State Charges against Progress Energy’s Coal Ash Pollution at Sutton
Conservation groups today filed in court to join North Carolina’s complaint against Duke Energy Progress over its illegal groundwater pollution from coal ash at its Sutton facility near Wilmington, N....