Taxonomy Archives: South Carolina

SCDOT Planners Ignore Better, Cheaper Alternative to Mark Clark Expressway

The draft report released today by the South Carolina Department of Transportation, which describes the environmental impacts of the proposed Mark Clark Expressway, fails to consider alternatives that...

Oil industry assurances not enough

Pause of Risky Deepwater Drilling Needed for Safety

The federal moratorium announced July 12 pauses risky deepwater drilling operations until safety and environmental safeguards can be assessed.

Court Lifts Moratorium, Green Lights More Deepwater Drilling in the Gulf

Environmental groups expressed disappointment over a federal district court decision today to halt a six-month federal moratorium on new deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico that would have al...

MMS deepwater lease sales to BP and other companies continue lax oversight say groups

The Minerals Management Service (MMS) continues to approve new leases after the Deepwater Horizon explosion that give British Petroleum and other companies the right to drill even more deepwater wells...

SELC Cheers US Senate Rejection of Anti-Clean Air Act Resolution

The Southern Environmental Law Center applauds action by the U.S. Senate today voting down a proposal that would have prolonged the country's addiction to fossil fuels even as oil continues to spew in...

BP to be sued over harm to endangered species

The Southern Environmental Law Center and Defenders of Wildlife today notified BP that they would file suit against the company for the unauthorized take of endangered species caused by the continuing...

Minerals Management Service’s complicity in Gulf oil disaster challenged in court

Defenders of Wildlife and the Southern Environmental Law Center today filed suit challenging the Minerals Management Service’s (MMS) complicity in the Gulf oil disaster and continued lax oversight of ...

Climate Bill:  Admirable Goals, Concerns about Details

We welcome a renewed focus in the U.S. Senate on addressing the problem of climate change, and look forward to working with policymakers to improve the effectiveness of draft legislation outlined tod...

EPA Proposes National Safeguards on Coal Ash

After years of delay, tragedy in Tennessee, EPA proposes regulatory options but stops short of issuing a strict rule