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
For the Harris family, it was when Dominion Energy told them they would be bulldozing just behind their kids’ swing set, despite the parents’ objections. For Hazel Palmer, it was when she realized Dominion Energy could sue her for...
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Filed Under:
Federal policy,
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
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has added 30 days to the public comment period for the Trump administration’s proposal to repeal the Clean Water Rule. The rule, issued in 2015, clarifies which wetlands and streams are pro...
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Filed Under:
Federal policy,
Water quality
With the recent court ruling, SELC won its federal Clean Water Act trial against the Tennessee Valley Authority, the nation’s largest public utility, for its coal ash pollution of Tennessee’s Cumberland River. This is the first ru...
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State: Tennessee
Filed Under:
Coal ash,
Federal policy,
Water quality
A years-long battle to stop Dominion Virginia Power from polluting the Elizabeth River with arsenic and heavy metals – including the nation’s first federal trial over coal ash storage – has resulted in a court order aimed at stopp...
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State: Virginia
Filed Under:
Coal ash,
Water quality
Under a settlement agreement with SELC and the Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation, SCE&G reports that more than 2 million tons of coal ash and underlying soil have been removed from its coal ash lagoon on the banks of the Wateree Rive...
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State: South Carolina
Filed Under:
Coal ash,
Water quality
A new memo from the Environmental Protection Agency finds that the Altamaha River is currently impaired for both color and odor from polluted discharge downstream of the Rayonier Advanced Materials pulp plant in Jesup, Georgia.
T...
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State: Georgia
Filed Under:
Water quality
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SELC Senior Attorney Frank Holleman testified this week at the only hearing scheduled by the Environmental Protection Agency on an indefinite delay of clean water protections. At issue are the federal Effluent Limitations Guidelin...
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Filed Under:
Federal policy,
Water quality
Today the Trump administration moved to formally repeal the 2015 Clean Water Rule as a first step in greatly reducing the nation’s water quality protections under the Clean Water Act. The Environmental Protection Agency’s announce...
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Filed Under:
Federal policy,
Water planning,
Water quality
