Industrial Chemical Pollution in Our Water
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We’ve been fighting ‘forever chemicals’ in the South, and now there’s hope in D.C.
The number of chemicals created and in use by industry that wind up in our Southern rivers and lakes, drinking water, and communities has grown exponentially in recent decades. And what’s worse is that, increasingly, research is revealing that many o...
SELC Hopes for Change at EPA under Regan’s Leadership Based on Work in North Carolina
WASHINGTON, DC— The Southern Environmental Law Center released the following statement by Derb Carter, director of the North Carolina offices of the Southern Environmental Law Center, in advance of the February 3 confirmation hearing regarding the...
Agreement promises investigation of industrial pollution in North Carolina river
In the last week, on behalf of the Haw River Assembly, SELC finalized a memorandum of agreement with the City of Burlington, North Carolina, in which the city agreed to investigate the sources of industrial chemicals in the city’s wastewater discharg...
Haw River Assembly and City of Burlington Agree to PFAS and 1,4-dioxane Investigation
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—The Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of the Haw River Assembly, finalized a memorandum of agreement with the City of Burlington in which the city agreed to investigate the sources of per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS)...
Court approves agreement for 99% reduction of Chemours’ chemical water pollution
A state court just approved an agreement detailing the next steps under a consent order SELC negotiated to stop Chemours from discharging 99 percent of its GenX and other PFAS pollution into the Cape Fear River— the source of drinking water for Wilmi...
99% reduction of Chemours’ PFAS pollution agreement approved
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—A state court today approved an agreement that details the next steps under a consent order negotiated by the Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of Cape Fear River Watch with the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality...
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