Duke Energy decided today to release previously withheld dam safety information for its coal ash sites two days after SELC filed notice of legal action on behalf of citizens’ groups. The utiilty said the information will become av...
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State: North Carolina
Filed Under:
Coal ash
While President Trump is doubling down on coal as an energy source, British Prime Minister Theresa May vowed this week to give up the dirty fossil fuel by 2025.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined May for the announceme...
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State: North Carolina
Filed Under:
Biomass
Local community groups across the country today sent Duke Energy and government authorities notices that they plan to bring enforcement actions against Duke Energy for withholding critical dam safety information that Duke Energy w...
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State: North Carolina
Filed Under:
Coal ash,
Federal policy
Pipeline developers’ plans to begin construction on the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline in November were thwarted last week by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality when the agency issued a request for more infor...
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State: North Carolina
Filed Under:
Natural gas,
Water quality
GenX, a nonstick chemical toxin, was recently found in the drinking water of residents in the Cape Fear region near Wilmington, North Carolina. The chemical originated at Chemours, an upstream manufacturer.
At issue is what power...
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State: North Carolina
Filed Under:
Water quality
A coalition of eight news media companies and advocacy groups- including SELC - who sued former North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory and several of his cabinet agencies in 2015 for wide-ranging violations of North Carolina’s Public...
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State: North Carolina
Filed Under:
Clean air,
Clean water
SELC, on behalf of Audubon North Carolina, today challenged the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ approval of a terminal groin for Ocean Isle Beach because it failed to fairly consider other available options that would be less costly...
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State: North Carolina
Filed Under:
Coastal protection
A federal court judge ruled in SELC’s favor today when it dismissed Duke Energy’s attempt to “forum shop” a coal ash case in Virginia, rather than in North Carolina where the pollution occurred.
“Duke Energy is desperate to avoi...
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State: North Carolina
Filed Under:
Coal ash
SELC, on behalf of the Sierra Club, filed a motion with the North Carolina Utilities Commission urging the commission to reconsider its approval of natural gas contracts for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Duke Energy Carolinas, Duke...
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State: North Carolina
Filed Under:
Natural gas
Today North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper said he had four words on offshore drilling: Not on our coast.
His announcement brings him in line with South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster and Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, who both r...
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State: North Carolina
Filed Under:
Federal policy,
Offshore drilling
