Taxonomy Archives: South Carolina
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
SELC Calls for Administration to Go Beyond a Temporary Halt of New Oil Drilling
As oil continues to spill and reaches the Gulf’s white sands, shrimp and fish nurseries, and productive wetlands and marshes, the Southern Environmental Law Center today called on the Obama Administra...
SELC Calls for Administration to Go Beyond a Temporary Halt of New Oil Drilling
As oil continues to spill and reaches the Gulf’s white sands, shrimp and fish nurseries, and productive wetlands and marshes, the Southern Environmental Law Center today called on the Obama Administra...
Army Corps Voids Earlier Withdrawal of Protections for Wetlands near Charleston
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers late last week rescinded an earlier decision to remove federal protections for 492 acres of wetlands in Black Tom Bay near Charleston and informed the developer that w...
Army Corps Voids Earlier Withdrawal of Protections for Wetlands near Charleston
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers late last week rescinded an earlier decision to remove federal protections for 492 acres of wetlands in Black Tom Bay near Charleston and informed the developer that w...
Clarify Legal Protections for Streams and Wetlands
SELC welcomes the introduction of a bi-partisan compromise in the U.S. House of Representatives that restores long overdue protections for streams and wetlands.
Clarify Legal Protections for Streams and Wetlands
SELC welcomes the introduction of a bi-partisan compromise in the U.S. House of Representatives that restores long overdue protections for streams and wetlands.
EPA “Tailpipe” Rule Curbing Greenhouse Gases Offers Multiple Benefits for the South
The Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Transportation today jointly issued a historic rule on curbing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from light-duty vehicles, which contribut...
Six Months of Oil Not Worth Risking Southern Beaches and Fisheries
Opening much of the U.S. East Coast for the first time to oil and gas drilling risks too much for the South.
Army Corps Fails to Protect 500 Acres of Wetlands Near Charleston
Conservation groups today notified the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of their intent to challenge its decision that no permits are required under the federal Clean Water Act before the development of a...