Press Releases
Georgia Power’s Long-Term Energy Plan Fails to Address Georgians’ High Energy Costs
Georgia Power has filed its latest long-term plan for meeting Georgia’s future energy needs, which includes plans for coal retirements, yet fails to include meaningful investments in energy efficiency and affordable rooftop solar programs.
Governor Northam Facilitates Stunning Reversal on Coal Ash Clean Up
Today, Governor Ralph Northam and Secretary of Natural Resources Matthew Strickler announced a bipartisan compromise bill to clean up coal ash in the Chesapeake Bay watershed...
Citizens Demand Action in North Carolina as Virginia Moves Ahead with Coal Ash Cleanups
With Virginia’s announcement today of a bipartisan agreement that requires Dominion Energy to excavate all the coal ash from its unlined waterfront lagoons in Virginia, North Carolina stands out by failing to take action...
Court Decision Allows Outer Banks Bridge to Avoid NC-12 Wash-Outs to Continue
A federal appeals court decision today allows construction to continue on an Outer Banks bridge to move a frequently-washed-out section of Highway NC-12 near Rodanthe out of the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge and into...
Park Service Abandons Defense of Latest Pipeline Permit
The National Park Service has voluntarily abandoned its defense of the agency’s latest permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to cross the Blue Ridge Parkway...
Judge Bars Seismic Permits During Government Shutdown
CHARLESTON, SC — A federal judge has barred the government from moving forward with seismic permitting during the shutdown, settling the confusion the government created by recalling workers to process oil-drilling matters while, at the...
Virginia SCC Rejects Most of Dominion’s Grid Proposal
Today the Virginia State Corporation Commission rightfully rejected the majority of Dominion’s first grid modernization petition as unreasonable and imprudent...
Groups Petition N.C. to Remove “Swamp Waters” Classification from Lower Cape Fear River
Waterkeeper Alliance and Cape Fear River Watch, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center, petitioned today to remove North Carolina’s “swamp waters” classification from 15 miles of the Lower Cape Fear River flowing past Wilmington.
Groups Challenge Ruling Dismissing Appeal of Flawed Plant Vogtle Decision
Georgia groups are challenging a ruling from the Fulton County Superior Court late last month, which dismissed their appeal of the Public Service Commission’s decision approving forecast cost increases at Plant Vogtle.
Virginia leaders introduce law to end Dominion’s coal ash pollution
RICHMOND, VA— Today, Governor Ralph Northam and Secretary of Natural Resources Matthew Strickler unveiled a bill with Senator Scott Surovell and Delegate Jennifer Carroll Foy, that would require Dominion to cleanup decades of coal ash...