Press Releases
SELC statment on NC Air permit granted for Cliffside
The North Carolina Division of Air Quality (DAQ) today granted Duke Energy Carolinas an air quality permit to build a new 800-megawatt unit at its Cliffside power plant near Shelby.
No Outlying Landing Field for Washington County
In the absence of political, environmental or local support, the Navy today announced it is abandoning its plans to build an Outlying Landing Field in Washington and Beaufort counties in North Carolina.
Coalition demands more opportunity for citizen comment on pollution permit for controversial Wise Co. power plant
Opponents of a coal-burning power plant proposed for Wise County are calling on Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to at least double the amount of time the public has to comment on the facility’s...
Federal Government Disregarding Impacts of Coal Mining on Nation’s Endangered Wildlife
A team of conservation groups, together with Tennessee's wildlife agency, today filed a petition with federal agencies demanding they stop ignoring the impacts of coal mining, including mountaintop removal, on the nation's threatened and endangered...