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Groups applaud new federal rule creating unified standard for transportation climate pollution
WASHINGTON — A new Federal Highway Administration rule will unify the way State departments of transportation (state DOTs) and metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) track climate-changing transportation pollution. This commonsense approach enhances the existing tools transportation...
SELC statement on EPD permitting Plant Hammond’s coal ash closure plan
ATLANTA— Today Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division issued final permits to close Georgia Power’s Plant Hammond Ash Pond 3 in Floyd County. The state issued permit calls for capping more than 1 million tons of toxic...
Commission approves Dominion Energy plans to double down on fossil fuels in long term plan
Utility’s resource plan includes major new gas plant COLUMBIA, S.C. — This week, in a 6-1 vote, the South Carolina Public Service Commission approved Dominion Energy South Carolina’s long range power plans (its Integrated Resource...
SC agency violated Clean Water Act by proposing toxic discharge permit, groups say
Pollution could reach drinking water sources for nearly 300,000 South Carolinians CHARLESTON, S.C. — In late October, the Southern Environmental Law Center petitioned the South Carolina Board of Health and Environmental Control to reverse...
RGGI case transferred to different circuit court
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — In a ruling issued on Friday, November 3, 2023, the Fairfax Circuit Court dismissed three clients–Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions, Appalachian Voices, and Virginia Interfaith Power & Light–from the Southern Environmental Law...
New Report: Solar Siting in the South
WASHINGTON – The Southern Environmental Law Center released a new report today on solar siting for solar developers, impacted communities, and farmers interested in siting utility-scale solar projects with related land use, conservation, and community...
BOEM Approves Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – Today the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) approved Dominion Energy’s proposed Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project off the Virginia Beach coast. At a time when urgent climate action is needed,...
Georgia Power asks regulators to expand fossil fuel use
ATLANTA— Today Georgia Power filed an off-cycle integrated resource plan asking the Georgia Public Service Commission to approve a significant increase in fossil fuels, adding about 30% more methane gas and oil to its long-term...
New Congressional bill proposes protections from toxic PFAS pollution for military members, families, and communities
WASHINGTON— The Department of Defense PFAS Discharge Prevention Act introduced today in the U.S. House of Representatives would help protect military members and their families as well as surrounding communities from toxic PFAS or “forever...
North Carolina industry group challenges $1.70 on their bills designed to safeguard low-income customers from disconnection amid soaring electricity costs
RALEIGH, N.C. – On Oct. 17, the Carolina Industrial Group for Fair Utility Rates II (CIGFUR), which represents a group of large industrial customers and manufacturers filed a notice of appeal from the Duke Energy...