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Southern Environmental Law Center: Santee Cooper Closure Plan is Illegal and Destined to Fail
May 9, 2013The Southern Environmental Law Center has filed comments demonstrating that Santee Cooper's closure plan for its coal ash at its Grainger facility in Conway, S.C., is unlawful, is based on a mistaken geologic assumption, leaves arsenic and coal ash in Conway, and is destined to fail.
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Why We’re at the Table: Utility Rate Hearings, Our Natural Resources and Our Economy
May 8, 2013Today, the Alabama Public Service Commission (PSC) is holding the first of three informal hearings on Alabama Power Co.’s rate of return on equity, a measure of the utility’s guaranteed profit.
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Southern Environmental Law Center Founder/Executive Director Receives Highest Award from Garden Club of America
May 2, 2013Rick Middleton, founder and executive director of the Southern Environmental Law Center, was awarded the Cynthia Pratt Laughlin Medal by the Garden Club of America at its annual meeting last night in Philadelphia.
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