Taxonomy Archives: South Carolina

March 28, 2018

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.

March 27, 2018

Solar power, energy efficiency rising as answer to S.C. nuke debacle

March 9, 2018

FERC Must Halt ACP Construction and Call Rehearing

March 2, 2018

SELC Announces Winners of 2018 Reed Environmental Writing Awards

March 2, 2018

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.

February 14, 2018

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...

February 12, 2018

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...

February 6, 2018

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...

January 25, 2018

S.C. nuke failure should lead to more solar, not less

January 9, 2018

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...