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Statement Regarding New NC Permit Covering 2,300 Industrial Hog Operations of Nearly 10M Hogs
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.--The Southern Environmental Law Center today released the following statement by Blakely Hildebrand, attorney at the Southern Environmental Law Center, regarding the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s issuance of...
Duke’s Refusal to Clean Up its Coal Ash Pollution Slap in the Face of N.C. Communities
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—The Southern Environmental Law Center released the following statement by Frank Holleman, senior attorney at the Southern Environmental Law Center, regarding Duke Energy’s announcement that it will fight the state order requiring it...
North Carolina Orders Duke Energy to Clean Up its Coal Ash Pollution
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality today announced it would order Duke Energy to move its coal ash stored in unlined, leaking pits at six sites across the state.
Time Running Out to Save Wild Red Wolves as National Academies of Sciences Confirms Species Status
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – In response to today’s report confirming the classification of red wolves as a species by the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,...
Conservation Groups Challenge Department of the Interior’s Failure to Disclose Public Information
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) and Defenders of Wildlife filed suit late yesterday...
Virginia Leaps Forward on Coal Ash
RICHMOND, VA—Today, years of work by a host of dedicated citizens, conservation groups, and elected officials came to fruition, as Governor Northam signed legislation to clean up more than 28 million tons of coal ash.
Local Residents, Hunters, and Fishermen Outraged by Approval of $500M Mid-Currituck Bridge
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.– Local residents from the Currituck mainland and the northern Outer Banks—along with hunters, fishermen, and wildlife enthusiasts —reacted with dismay when NCDOT announced that it had signed an approval for the Mid-Currituck...
Energy’s plan to keep uneconomic coal plants online will burden North Carolina’s customers
RALEIGH, N.C. — A coalition of clean energy advocates have filed expert analyses with North Carolina utility regulators finding that the Duke Energy’s long-range plans would cost customers too much money by keeping aging, inefficient...
SELC Announces Winners of the 2019 Reed Environmental Writing Awards
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA—The Southern Environmental Law Center has announced the winners of the 2019 Phillip D. Reed Environmental Writing Awards, to be presented during this year’s Virginia Festival of the Book.
New Study Finds Overwhelming Support for Wilderness Protections in the Southern Appalachians
ATLANTA, GA – A study, conducted by researchers at the University of Georgia’s (UGA) Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, found strong support for the preservation and expansion of wilderness areas...