Taxonomy Archives: Virginia
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...
Obama Administration Takes Giant Step Backward in Opening Virginia and South Atlantic to Offshore Drilling
The White House today released an updated plan for offshore oil and gas drilling that includes a three million acre area off Virginia's coast -- the first ever drilling allowed off the U.S. Atlantic c...
World experts on uranium mining featured at Richmond forum
More than 150 people attended a symposium in Richmond today to hear from five experts from around the world on the human, environmental and economic impacts of uranium mining. The experts have witness...
Dominion Energy Efficiency Plan a Good Start, But Short-Changes Business and Low-Income Customers
At a hearing scheduled to start tomorrow, the Southern Environmental Law Center will urge the State Corporation Commission (SCC) to direct Dominion Power to expand and refine its energy efficiency pro...
SELC Lauds EPA Proposal to Strengthen Ozone Limit to Protect Health of Southerners
Consistent with the latest scientific data about the growing health threat from breathing smog pollution, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today proposed to strengthen the national limit for a...
Coalition Calls on ODEC to Make a New Year’s Resolution and Scrap Hampton Roads Power Plant
In a year when electric utilities around the country have abandoned plans for 26 coal-fired power plants because of economic and regulatory uncertainties, Virginia clean energy advocates called on Old...
Suit filed to protect globally rare ecosystem in Virginia
Despite opposition from fishermen, birders, local residents and two federal agencies, the Corps of Engineers illegally issued a permit for a proposed commercial marina in waters just north of Back Bay...
EPA To Issue Strict Rules for U.S. Power Plant Air Toxics
The U.S. EPA agreed to adopt rules reducing toxic air pollution from the nation¹s coal- and oil-burning power plants by November 2011, according to a settlement agreement reached in a federal lawsuit ...
Discharge of Fish Waste Going Under Radar in Chesapeake Bay Cleanup
In a letter to the EPA, SELC reveals major discharges of fish waste, comparable to the level of pollution discharged from D.C.'s huge Blue Plains wastewater treatment plant to the Bay.
Rare Birds and Sea Turtles are Thriving in 2009 at Cape Hatteras National Seashore
As the 2009 nesting season ends at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, National Park Service reports indicate rare birds and sea turtles benefited in the second breeding season after an April 2008 consen...