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
Today, Derb Carter, SELC's Chapel Hill Office Director, reminds Cape Fear River residents, as well as every other American resident, that the quality and safety in their drinking water is at risk due to new leadership at the EPA. ...
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State: North Carolina
Filed Under:
Clean Water Rule
“We cannot sacrifice the benefits the Clean Water Act has given us for the last four decades so that big-time polluters can boost profits by eliminating pollution controls.”
Patrick Hunter, SELC attorney
After SELC, on behalf of the Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation and Clean Air Carolina, filed suit challenging Duke Energy’s requested permit to put more cancer-causing bromide pollution in North Carolina’s rivers and drinking water s...
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State: North Carolina
Filed Under:
Coal ash,
Water quality
SELC, on behalf of the Roanoke River Basin Association, today sent notice of its intent to enforce national standards of coal ash storage against Duke Energy’s proposed plan to keep its leaking, unlined coal ash pits at Duke Energ...
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State: North Carolina
Filed Under:
Coal ash,
Federal policy,
Water quality
Today SELC filed a citizen suit enforcement action under the Clean Water Act against Duke Energy for its ongoing illegal coal ash pollution at its Roxboro plant. The plant sits on the shores of Hyco Lake in Person County, N.C. Duk...
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State: North Carolina
Filed Under:
Coal ash,
Federal policy,
Water quality
Update (6/20/17): With no progress from Duke Energy on addressing the numerous violations related to coal ash pollution at its Mayo plant detailed below, SELC filed for enforcement action this week. The filling is believed to be t...
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State: North Carolina
Filed Under:
Coal ash,
Water quality
As part of its 2015 criminal plea agreement, Duke Energy admitted that bromide discharged into rivers and lakes from its coal ash operations have caused carcinogens to form in downstream drinking water systems. Some of these carci...
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State: North Carolina
Filed Under:
Air quality,
Healthy environment,
Water quality
The U. S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management held a competitive wind lease sale for the Kitty Hawk Wind Energy Area off the coast of North Carolina today. The Wind Energy Area is over 120,000 acres and is 24 nautical miles from the...
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State: North Carolina
Filed Under:
Offshore wind
Today, on behalf of the Roanoke River Basin Association, SELC notified Duke Energy of its intent to file suit in federal court for illegal coal ash pollution of Hyco Lake and the Dan River and Roanoke River Basins. The pollution i...
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State: North Carolina
Filed Under:
Coal ash
