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Analysis: Duke Energy Carolinas’ rate plan is unfair to residential customers
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Duke Energy Carolinas could save residential customers millions by making moderate changes to its rate practices, according to two new analyses in response to the company’s request to raise residential customer’s...
Groups threaten to sue over chronic microplastic pollution in Charleston Harbor
Three companies and SC Ports Authority implicated in violations of federal law CHARLESTON, S.C. — Today, on behalf of Charleston Waterkeeper, the Southern Environmental Law Center sent a notice of intent to sue over...
Community and nonprofit groups take Chesterfield fight to Supreme Court of Virginia
RICHMOND, Va. — Today, on behalf of the Chesterfield County branch of the NAACP, Appalachian Voices, and Mothers Out Front, the Southern Environmental Law Center appealed the State Corporation Commission’s (SCC) approval of a gas...
Utilities regulator protects rooftop solar for Dominion customers
RICHMOND, Va. — Recently the State Corporation Commission (SCC) issued an order confirming that future rooftop solar customers in Dominion territory will continue to be fairly compensated through the existing “1:1” rate. That means future customers...
Fourth Circuit Court denies Stay for Southeast Supply Enhancement Project
RICHMOND, Va. – The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals denied a motion to stay the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Clean Water Act Section 404 permit for Transcontinental’s Southeast Supply Enhancement Project (SSEP) in Virginia and North Carolina pending further review. The permit would allow the pipeline to trench through more than 150 streams...
Powhatan’s birthplace is one of Virginia’s most endangered places
RICHMOND, Va. — Today Preservation Virginia named the site of WaHōnSeNaKah (Powhatan)’s birthplace one of Virginia’s most endangered places of 2026. Located on the north bank of the James River immediately downstream from present Richmond, Powhatan’s...
House Committee missing opportunity to fund cleaner, more affordable transportation
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has released text for its upcoming surface transportation reauthorization, the “BUILD America 250 Act.” Congress faces a September 30th deadline to act on federal transportation programs, and this bill proposes a 5-year funding and policy framework for highways and bridges, public transit systems, passenger...
EPA proposes to gut limits on toxic PFAS in drinking water, abandoning communities across the country
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to withdraw national drinking water standards for several toxic PFAS chemicals and delay others is a stunning reversal of family health protections, according to the Southern Environmental Law Center.
Mobile Baykeeper wins Plant Barry coal ash lawsuit appeal
MOBILE, Ala. – Today the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals revived a lawsuit filed by the Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of Mobile Baykeeper against Alabama Power’s plan to permanently leave more than 21...
Environmental groups react to approval of Canadys gas plant
SC Public Service Commission gives green light to Santee Cooper and Dominion CHARLESTON, S.C. — Today, the South Carolina Public Service Commission voted 7-0 to approve Santee Cooper and Dominion Energy South Carolina’s 2,200-megawatt joint...