Press Releases
Agreement Allowing Toxic 1,4 Dioxane Pollution in Drinking Water Source Challenged in Court
An agreement by state regulators with the City of Greensboro allows increased discharges of cancer causing 1,4-dioxane into the drinking water source for nearly one million people in violation of the ...
Concerned Citizens Challenge the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Fast-Track Water Permit for Byhalia Pipeline
Energy Bill Help and Access to Clean Energy
The clean energy settlement will help households earning a low- to moderate-income control their energy bills, while promoting greater access to clean energy for all North Carolinians.
Customers, Conservation Groups File Federal Challenge against Alabama Power’s Discriminatory Solar Charges
WASHINGTON, DC – A petition filed today with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) asserts that the Alabama Public Service Commission (PSC) violated federal law when it allowed Alabama Power...
Landmark Environmental Justice Bill Introduced in Congress
Clean Energy Advocates Call on TVA to Halt Its Plans for New Gas, Align with Federal Goals
Court Finds North Carolina’s Denial of Mountain Valley Pipeline Permit Consistent with Clean Water Act
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit decided that the NC Department of Environmental Quality complied with the Clean Water Act and state water quality laws in denying water quality certifi...
Report by Duke and UNC Shows Cost-Effective Approach to Reducing Carbon
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—According to a report released today by Duke University and the University of North Carolina, setting a declining cap on carbon pollution from power plants and joining a cooperative ...
Active Energy Sued for Illegal Pollution of North Carolina’s Lumber River from Toxic Site
On behalf of Winyah Rivers Alliance, the Southern Environmental Law Center today sued to stop Active Energy Renewable Power and Lumberton Energy Holdings from illegally polluting the Lumber River in v...
Hopes for Action on PFAS, Water Protections, Coal Ash and Climate Change with Regan EPA Leadership
The Southern Environmental Law Center released the following statement by Derb Carter regarding the expected confirmation of Michael Regan, former Secretary of the N.C. Department of Environmental Qua...