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NC coal ash, court rules
Chapel Hill, NC – A Wake County Judge today ruled that Duke Energy must take immediate action to eliminate the sources of groundwater contamination that are currently violating water quality standards at all 14 of...
Court Upholds Coastal Marsh Protections, Denies Permit for Private Marina on Wilmington Island
A state court on Friday upheld Georgia’s Coastal Marshlands Protection Committee’s denial of a permit for a private marina proposed to be built in state marshlands on Wilmington Island, east of Savannah, Georgia.
Federal Court Declares Bush-Era Rule that Removed Protections against Mountaintop Removal Mining Invalid
Late yesterday a federal court ruled in favor of the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) and tossed a regulation issued in the final days of the George W. Bush administration that removed essential protections for...
Southern Environmental Law Center Joins GreenLaw and Stack & Associates to Clean Up Altamaha River
The Southern Environmental Law Center has joined GreenLaw and the Atlanta-based law firm Stack & Associates to represent the Altamaha Riverkeeper in its efforts to stop pollution of the Altamaha River, caused by ongoing effluent...
Charlottesville Bypass Dealt Heavy Blow
The damaging Charlottesville bypass proposal was dealt a devastating one-two punch today.
As Fallout from Coal Ash Spill Grows, NC Governor Pat McCrory Calls for Removing Ash Ponds from Waterways
As national attention remains focused on North Carolina in wake of Duke Energy’s massive coal ash spill into the Dan River, North Carolina’s Governor has now called on Duke Energy and North Carolina officials to...
New Travel Time Analysis of Bypass Seriously Flawed
The traffic analysis the Free Enterprise Forum released today is at odds with the findings of every traffic analysis of the 29 corridor done over the past 25 years. The analysis has not been publicly...
Risks Remain until Dan River Coal Ash is Removed from Unlined Pits
As the ongoing environmental crisis intensifies around the Duke Energy coal ash spill along the Virginia-North Carolina border, officials with the U.S. EPA have announced they will hold a briefing in Danville, Virginia tonight to...
NC Agency Seeks to Delay Enforcement against Duke Energy Over Coal Ash Pollution
The Southern Environmental Law Center commented on the late-evening request of the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources asking the North Carolina State Court to delay judicial review of its consent order with...
Board of Supervisors Sets Public Hearing on the Future of the Controversial Charlottesville Bypass
The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors announced today that it will hold a public hearing to seek input on the controversial Charlottesville Bypass at the County Office Building on Wednesday, February 19, beginning at 4:00...