Taxonomy Archives: North Carolina
SELC to testify before Congress on bill that would reverse progress on protecting wildlife at Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Multi-million dollar highway through Nantahala National Forest is unnecessary and environmentally damaging
Conservation groups today condemned the findings of a recent environmental study by the North Carolina Department of Transportation that a 10-mile section of the proposed Corridor K highway would have...
Carter testifies to Senate: Legislation would undermine protection for Cape Hatteras and agreement on beach driving
Legislation that threatens to undermine an agreement on beach driving at Cape Hatteras National Seashore reached among beach drivers, local governments, the National Park Service and environmentalists...
Lawsuit targets Duke’s illegal construction at Cliffside
Environmental organizations will sue Duke Energy Carolinas today over Duke’s construction of a new coal-fired power plant at the Cliffside Steam Station that was not designed to meet legal limits on i...
Court of Appeals builds on lower court ruling to give stronger protections to state’s waters
The Court of Appeals today strengthened protections for the state’s lakes and rivers by confirming a lower court’s decision that the state has a duty under federal and state law to protect existing us...
Statement on Duke Energy’s announcement that it plans to perform a “maximum achievable” controls assessment for mercury and hazardous air pollutants at Cliffside Unit 6
At the urging of the North Carolina Division of Air Quality, Duke Energy today announced that it will perform an assessment of the Maximum Achievable Control Technology for mercury and other hazardous...
South has much at stake as U.S. Senate begins historic debate on climate change legislation
The U.S. Senate today began much-anticipated debate on the Climate Change Security Act of 2008, also known as the Warner-Lieberman bill. The U.S. has lagged well behind other industrial nations in add...
Statement on The NC Division of Air Quality’s letter requiring Duke to meet Clean Air Act standard
The North Carolina Division of Air Quality (DAQ) today notified Duke Energy Carolinas that the new unit recently permitted at Duke’s Cliffside power plant near Shelby must incorporate the most stringe...
Bird populations on the rise at Hatteras under new plan
The number of birds nesting on Cape Hatteras National Seashore is already showing preliminary signs of recovery, less than a month after additional sections of the beach were closed under a new manage...