Taxonomy Archives: South Carolina
Study: Southeast biomass has carbon spike before long-term climate benefits
A new study of southeastern forests in the U.S. finds that in the long run, burning wood instead of fossil fuels to make electricity can reduce heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, but not ...
Corps Not Exempt from Pollution Controls on Savannah Deepening Project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers failed to obtain a South Carolina pollution control permit for its controversial project to deepen the Savannah River, according to a lawsuit filed today in state cour...
Case Filed to Protect Wateree River from Coal Waste Contamination
On behalf of the Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation, the Southern Environmental Law Center today filed suit to stop contamination of the Wateree River, nearby groundwater, and wetlands by coal ash lagoons...
First air standards slash levels of mercury and other toxins
EPA today provided long overdue and vitally important health protections for American families and children by issuing standards for toxic air pollution from power plants, said the Southern Environmen...
New Lease Sale Ignores BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster
The federal government ignored the impact of BP’s 200 million gallon oil spill in its assessment of risks and precautions for the Gulf of Mexico before the first new lease sale since the Deepwater Hor...
Clean energy groups reach agreement with Duke Energy and Progress Energy in utilities’ merger proposal
Clean energy groups have reached an agreement with Duke Energy and Progress Energy to address concerns the groups raised in a South Carolina Public Service Commission proceeding on the proposed merger...
South Carolina Approval of $650M Savannah River Deepening Challenged
Georgia and South Carolina conservation groups today challenged a South Carolina agency’s approval of a $650 million project to deepen the Savannah River and warned Governor Haley not to destroy evide...
New Federal Oil Drilling Plan Ignores BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster
The new federal drilling plan ignores the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster by using the same flawed assumptions to continue leasing the Gulf of Mexico to oil companies for more risky deep water drilling.
Known Flaws Sunk Savannah Harbor Project with South Carolina
Problems cited by South Carolina in its recent denial of a certification for the Savannah Harbor deepening project echoed comments submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers by conservation groups ...
Lawsuit Challenges Clean Air Act Exemption for Biomass Burners
Conservation groups filed a lawsuit today challenging an Environmental Protection Agency rule that exempts large-scale biomass-burning facilities from carbon dioxide limits under the Clean Air Act for...