Taxonomy Archives: environmental justice

Concerned Citizens of Cook County, SELC secure stringent terms in settlement agreement with Spectrum Energy LLC

SELC, GASP secure nearly $1 million penalty against Bluestone Coke plant

EPA to investigate discriminatory harm from N.C. hog operations after civil rights complaint

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — In response to a civil rights complaint filed by the Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of the Duplin County Branch of the North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP and...

Administrative Law Judge Donald van der Vaart sides with Smithfield-owned hog operations on water pollution

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Yesterday the North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings upheld the state’s decision allowing Smithfield-owned hog operations to use giant pits of untreated hog feces and uri...