Taxonomy Archives: North Carolina

EPA Backs Down on Controlling Greenhouse Gases from Burning Biomass

Today the EPA changed course and said it will not regulate carbon dioxide from facilities that burn trees and other biomass for at least three years. In the meantime, biomass facilities that come onli...

Lesson from oil spill commission: reform and better oversight needed

SELC called for systemic reform and better oversight after the oil spill commission’s investigation found the BP Deepwater Horizon blowout resulted from pervasive problems.

Pervasive problems within oil industry require reform

Problems in the oil industry by the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling confirms the need for systemic reform and better oversight.

Paving paradise: Conservation groups react to decision on North Carolina bridge construction

Judge Expedites Monroe Bypass Challenge – Will Consider Temporary Injunction Later if Necessary

Public Interest Groups Ask Judge to Put an Immediate Halt to Billion-Dollar Bypass

Environmental groups today filed a motion for a preliminary injunction in federal court seeking an immediate halt to any further action by the N.C. Department of Transportation on the proposed Monroe ...

Conservation Groups Seek Responsible Off-Road Vehicle Management within National Park

After a record-breaking year for wildlife at Cape Hatteras National Seashore and visitor occupancy in Dare County, NC, conservation groups are studying the Final Environmental Impact Statement release...

Groups Appeal NC Decision to Allow Forests to Be Burned for Energy

Environmental Defense Fund and the Southern Environmental Law Center announced this week they are appealing a recent decision by the N.C. Utilities Commission that would allow Duke Energy to get renew...

Agency to Review Oil Drilling Risks after Gulf Spill & Seek Public Input

The federal agency that oversees offshore drilling today announced it will revise the environmental analysis under which BP’s Deepwater Horizon operated and other oil drilling activities in the Gulf o...

BP responsible for harm to ecosystem and species in the Gulf

Conservation groups today filed suit against oil giant BP under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) for the ongoing unlawful harm or killing of endangered and threatened wildlife caused by the company’s ...