Taxonomy Archives: North Carolina

June 11, 2013

Efforts to Stop Duke Energy’s Coal Ash Pollution of Mountain Island Lake Move to Federal Court

The Southern Environmental Law Center has filed suit in Federal Court against Duke Energy for its pollution of Mountain Island Lake, the source of drinking water for over 750,000 people in the greater...

June 7, 2013

Southern Environmental Law Center Notifies DENR of Unpermitted Coal Ash Contamination at Lee Steam Station Near Goldsboro

The Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of a coalition of local and regional conservation groups, today filed comments informing state environmental regulators that a draft discharge permit f...

June 6, 2013

Southern Environmental Law Center Moves to stop Duke Energy’s Coal Ash Pollution of Mountain Island

The Southern Environmental Law Center, representing the Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation, today filed a motion to intervene in the pending Mecklenburg County proceeding to stop Duke Energy’s coal ash po...

May 28, 2013

North Carolina Sues Duke Energy in Charlotte for Pollution of Mountain Island Lake

North Carolina has filed a second proceeding against Duke Energy for its pollution of Mountain Island Lake, the source of drinking water for approximately 860,000 people in Charlotte, Gastonia, and M...

May 21, 2013

State Files Suit Against Duke Energy For Coal Ash Pollution in Mountain Island Lake

In response to a Notice of Intent to Sue filed by the Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of the Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation, the State of North Carolina has filed suit against Duke Energy ...

March 26, 2013

Southern Environmental Law Center and Catawba Riverkeeper Give Notice of Suit to Stop Duke’s Pollution of Charlotte’s Drinking Water Reservoir

The Southern Environmental Law Center has sent a notice to Duke Energy Carolinas LLC that it will bring suit under the Clean Water Act to stop Duke's coal ash pollution of Mountain Island Lake, the so...

March 14, 2013

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March 7, 2013

Senators File Bill to Overturn Successful Balance of Tourism and Wildlife at Cape Hatteras

After a record-breaking year for both local tourism and beach-nesting sea turtles at Cape Hatteras National Seashore under a rule that manages beach driving, Senators Burr (R-NC) and Hagan (D-NC) toda...

February 22, 2013

NAACP, Medical, Public Health and Environmental Groups Urge Court to Uphold Clean Air Safeguards

Eighteen national and state medical, public health, civil rights, environmental, and clean air groups filed a brief late Thursday with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals defending the U.S. Environment...

February 7, 2013

Southern Environmental Law Center Releases 5th Annual List of Top 10 Endangered Places in the Southeast

The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), the largest environmental advocacy organization dedicated to protecting the Southeast, today released its fifth annual list of the top 10 places in the So...