Press Releases
Conservation Groups Join State’s Lawsuits against Duke Energy
The Wake County and Mecklenburg County Superior Courts ruled late Friday that conservation groups represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center will join in state lawsuits against Duke Energy over pollution from coal ash at...
Court to Hear Concerns Regarding Bonner Bridge State Permit
Conservation groups today filed a petition with the N.C. Office of Administrative Hearings outlining serious concerns over the N.C. Department of Transportation’s proposed Bonner Bridge replacement route across Oregon Inlet to Hatteras Island.
TVA’s Release of Solar Capacity Highlights Unmet Demand for Tennessee Valley Solar Projects
Today the Tennessee Valley Authority will make 2.5 megawatts (MW) of solar capacity available under its Green Power Providers program for small renewable energy projects. This capacity is expected to be filled within a few...
Catawba/Wateree Coal Ash Removal in South Carolina Ahead of Schedule
In a report filed under a settlement with the Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation, SCE&G reported that it has removed 280,000 tons of coal ash from its coal ash lagoons on the banks of the Catawba/Wateree River...
Wateree Coal Ash Removal Ahead of Schedule
In a report filed under a settlement with the Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation, SCE&G has reported that it removed 280,000 tons of coal ash from its coal ash lagoons on the banks of the Catawba/Wateree River...
Low-cost alternatives to Monroe Bypass would help local drivers, report finds
Improvements to Highway 74 in Union County that cost less and focus benefits on local drivers are feasible and merit further study according to an engineering firm report released today by the Southern Environmental Law...
Corps’ Flawed Decision Risks Georgia’s Scenic Coastal Marshes
The Southern Environmental Law Center today challenged in federal court the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ general permit authorizing the construction of large single-family docks along the Georgia Coast that can kill its vital marsh...
Conservation Groups Urge Full Development of Virginia Offshore Wind Energy Area
In a step forward for offshore wind energy development, today the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Department of Interior announced it will lease approximately 113,000 acres off the coast of Virginia for commercial wind energy...
Conservation Groups Urge Stronger Protections for Alabama’s Coosa River as Federal License is Reis
Birmingham, AL – Conservation groups filed a federal rehearing request on July 19 over the reissued license for a series of Alabama Power hydroelectric dams on Alabama’s Coosa River. In order to reverse the dams’...
Alabama PSC meetings short on transparency and accountability
Residential and commercial customers may have gotten a small, fleeting peek behind the curtain yesterday at the final Alabama Public Service Commission proceeding on the rates and profits for the state’s largest utility, but ultimately,...