Taxonomy Archives: South Carolina
FERC Denies Dominion Request to Keep Cutting Trees
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission sent a strong message and denied Dominion and Atlantic Coast Pipeline developers’ request to extend their tree-cutting window to May 15, 2018.
Solar power, energy efficiency rising as answer to S.C. nuke debacle
FERC Must Halt ACP Construction and Call Rehearing
SELC Announces Winners of 2018 Reed Environmental Writing Awards
Data on the Extent of Groundwater Pollution from Utilities’ Coal Ash Pits Due Today
This is a statement by Frank Holleman, senior attorney at the SELC, regarding today’s deadline for utilities under the national coal ash rule.
Statement by the SELC regarding EPA’s Notice to “Reconsider” Clean Water Act Coverage of Discharges
The following is a statement by Frank Holleman, senior attorney, Southern Environmental Law Center, regarding EPA’s notice for comment to reconsider its previous statements regarding the Clean Water A...
Trump’s Infrastructure Plan a Shell Game That Cuts Cleaner Transportation and Gives Away Environment
The White House is putting forward a reckless infrastructure plan that offers no new federal money for projects, pulls money away from cleaner transportation such as transit and rail, and removes envi...
Conservation Groups Challenge Attack on Clean Water in Federal Court
Conservation groups today challenged in court the administration’s effort to strip away crucial clean water protections from rivers, lakes, streams and other waters that feed drinking-water sources f...
S.C. nuke failure should lead to more solar, not less
Administration Playing Politics by Only Removing Florida from Offshore Drilling Plan
The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) released the following statement after Secretary Zinke announced he planned to remove Florida from the administration’s draft five-year offshore drilling p...