Taxonomy Archives: South Carolina
Wateree Coal Ash Removal Ahead of Schedule
In a report filed under a settlement with the Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation, SCE&G has reported that it removed 280,000 tons of coal ash from its coal ash lagoons on the banks of the Catawba/Wateree ...
Statement from the Southern Environmental Law Center Regarding SC Supreme Court Ruling on Charleston
The South Carolina Supreme Court has issued an order allowing a case involving Carnival Cruise Lines’ operations in historic Charleston to proceed forward for further briefing.
Conservation Groups Challenge Approval of Misleading Wetlands “Mitigation” Proposal
Conservation groups have gone to federal court to challenge the approval of a mitigation bank on 700 acres in the Lower Savannah River watershed.
DHEC Will Issue New Permit to Replace Long-Expired Permit for Santee Cooper Coal Ash Ponds
Conservation groups represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center have secured DHEC’s binding commitment to issue a new water pollution control permit to replace the old permit that expired alm...
Groups Reach Settlement on Savannah Harbor Expansion Project
Conservation groups today announced a settlement reached in the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project litigation that establishes significant new conservation efforts to help the Savannah River withstand ...
Southern Environmental Law Center: Santee Cooper Closure Plan is Illegal and Destined to Fail
The Southern Environmental Law Center has filed comments demonstrating that Santee Cooper's closure plan for its coal ash at its Grainger facility in Conway, S.C., is unlawful, is based on a mistaken ...
SELC and Waccamaw Riverkeeper File Federal Clean Water Act Suit Against Santee Cooper for Coal Ash Pollution at Conway
Today, the Southern Environmental Law Center filed suit under the United States Clean Water Act on behalf of the Waccamaw Riverkeeper against Santee Cooper for its illegal water pollution from coal as...
NAACP, Medical, Public Health and Environmental Groups Urge Court to Uphold Clean Air Safeguards
Eighteen national and state medical, public health, civil rights, environmental, and clean air groups filed a brief late Thursday with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals defending the U.S. Environment...
Conservationists Notify Santee Cooper of Clean Water Act Violations at Grainger Plant in Conway, SC
Today, the Southern Environmental Law Center gave notice of its intent to file suit against Santee Cooper for violations of the federal Clean Water Act at Santee Cooper’s Grainger Plant due to dischar...
Southern Environmental Law Center Releases 5th Annual List of Top 10 Endangered Places in the Southeast
The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), the largest environmental advocacy organization dedicated to protecting the Southeast, today released its fifth annual list of the top 10 places in the So...