Southern Environmental Law Center

Alex Boerner

Smithfield Foods Says It Will Cover Its Lagoons. Critics Say That’s Just Lipstick on a Pig.

“Is it an improvement? Anything they do that is beyond a basic hole in the ground and spraying all the manure on fields is an improvement.” Read more

Oct. 31, 2018 midnight Sarah Willets, Leigh Tauss North Carolina

Does Southern Wake County Really Need a Massive Toll Road?

Feb. 12, 2018 8:42 a.m. Jeffrey C. Billman Archives

Environmentalists Aren’t Happy About the NCDOT’s Plan to Finish the I-540 Beltway

Jan. 31, 2018 7:00 a.m. Erica Hellerstein News

Southern Environmental Law Center: RDU Rejected Land Deal in "Unlawfully Held Closed Session Meeting"

Sep. 12, 2017 6:22 p.m. Sarah Willets Archives

Federal Judge Protects Red Wolves, Blasts U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Oct. 05, 2016 7:00 a.m. Ken Fine News

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Bill Back-Tracking Duke Energy Coal Ash Cleanup is Moving Through the Legislature

May 25, 2016 8:58 a.m. Jane Porter Archives

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Environmental groups ask NCDOT to reconsider proposed 540 toll road

Jan. 11, 2016 1:42 p.m. Jane Porter Archives

DEQ lets Duke Energy off the hook for coal ash

Jan. 06, 2016 7:00 a.m. David Hudnall News

DEQ unveils coal-ash risk classifications; environmentalist groups say they're watered down

Dec. 31, 2015 5:09 p.m. David Hudnall Archives

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U.S. District Court rejects Duke Energy's motion to dismiss a pending coal ash case

Oct. 21, 2015 1:07 p.m. Billy Ball Archives

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DENR and the "total surrender and collapse" of its $7 million coal ash deal with Duke Energy

Sep. 29, 2015 2:05 p.m. Billy Ball Archives

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Finger-pointing over Duke Energy continues

Aug. 26, 2015 1:06 p.m. Billy Ball Archives

DENR and Southern Environmental Law Center squabble over coal ash

Aug. 20, 2015 3:07 p.m. Billy Ball Archives

North Carolina’s legislative disgrace

Jul. 08, 2015 7:00 a.m. Jane Porter News

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Duke Energy recommends clean-up for more coal ash sites across N.C.

Jun. 23, 2015 12:41 p.m. Jane Porter Archives

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Judge temporarily halts fracking permitting in North Carolina

May 20, 2015 10:44 a.m. Billy Ball Archives

Duke Energy pleads guilty for its coal ash spills

May 15, 2015 10:30 a.m. Billy Ball Archives

From the archives: Offshore drilling in North Carolina could threaten ecosystems

Jan. 27, 2015 4:31 p.m. Lisa Sorg Archives

Updated: EPA will not treat coal ash as a hazardous waste

Dec. 19, 2014 2:59 p.m. Billy Ball Archives

North Carolina's coal ash problem makes The New York Times—again

Jun. 03, 2014 12:30 p.m. Lisa Sorg Archives