Taxonomy Archives: North Carolina

2021 trends making and braking rooftop solar in the South

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Today the Southern Environmental Law Center announced its annual Solar “Makers” and “Brakers” — a list of policies that are significantly impacting rooftop solar growth across t...

Lawsuit filed against North Carolina after ocean takes beach property

North Carolinians call for fair courts as judges conflicts arise

Bias-Free Judiciary, Transparency Sought in N.C. Supreme Court as Voting Rights Cases Continue

RALEIGH, N.C. – The North Carolina NAACP today filed a brief in response to the North Carolina Supreme Court’s request for guidance on how it should decide issues related to judicial recusal and disqu...

New EPA study of GenX toxicity highlights need to better regulate all ‘forever chemicals’

New EPA GenX toxicity standard highlights need to regulate PFAS pollution as a class of chemicals

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—The Environmental Protection Agency's release today of its final human health toxicity assessment for GenX underscores the importance of regulating PFAS as a class of chemicals and t...

SELC’s work shapes EPA plan for ‘forever chemicals’ like PFAS

EPA’s PFAS Roadmap includes path forged by fight to stop Chemours pollution in North Carolina

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—Following EPA’s announcement of its PFAS Roadmap today in Raleigh on the 49th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, the Southern Environmental Law Center released the following stateme...

Statement on Governor Cooper’s signing of a North Carolina energy bill, House Bill 951

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The Southern Environmental Law Center today issued the following statement by Derb Carter, senior attorney, regarding the signing of

Statement by the Southern Environmental Law Center regarding N.C. House Bill 951

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—The Southern Environmental Law Center today issued the following statement regarding N.C. House Bill 951 as announced by Governor Cooper and Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger ...