Taxonomy Archives: North Carolina
Asheville Coal Waste Illegally Polluting the French Broad River
Samples taken by French Broad Riverkeeper Hartwell Carson expose ongoing illegal pollution from Progress Energy Carolinas’ Asheville coal-fired power plant, prompting conservation groups today to issu...
Shooters Reported Mistaking Endangered Red Wolves for Coyotes
According to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service records, at least three of the ten endangered red wolves shot and killed in 2012 were reported by the shooters as mistaken for coyotes.
Groups in Court to Stop Groundwater Contamination from Toxic Coal Ash Waste
Conservation groups today went to court in an effort to protect North Carolina communities and groundwater from toxic coal ash contamination at 14 coal-fired power plants across the state.
Groups Call on N.C. to Provide Reliable, Long-term Solution after Outer Banks Highway Washed Out Again
Conservation groups today call on Governor-elect Pat McCrory and state legislators to provide a less-exposed, more reliable and permanent solution for Outer Banks residents and tourists that is not de...
Court Upholds South Carolina Rights to Protect the Catawba and Wateree Rivers
The South Carolina Court of Appeals today ruled in favor of conservation groups and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) and against Duke Energy Carolinas as it uph...
New Interactive Web Tool Gives Details About Southeast’s Toxic Coal Ash
The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, Appalachian Voices, Southern Environmental Law Center, and NC Conservation Network today launched the first-ever comprehensive online tool that allows Southerne...
18th Annual Nature Writing Contest Now Underway
The Southern Environmental Law Center is now accepting submissions for its annual Reed Environmental Writing Award.
Court Halts N.C. Spotlighting of Coyotes after 4th Endangered Red Wolf Shot
After four endangered wolves were killed, a North Carolina court today granted conservation groups’ request to stop a temporary state rule that allows spotlight hunting of coyotes at night.
Halt of N.C. Spotlighting of Coyotes Sought After Endangered Red Wolf Killed
Concerned groups asked a state court to stop spotlight hunting of coyotes at night in North Carolina—including the area inhabited by the world’s only wild population of about 100 red wolves—after one ...
Groups Seek Cleanup of Groundwater Poisoned by Coal Ash Contamination
Conservation groups today asked the N.C. Environmental Management Commission to require Progress Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Carolinas to clean up groundwater contaminated by old, unlined coal as...