Southern Environmental Law Center

American nonprofit organization

Then let them drink Pepsi

Down I-85, contrasting views on Atlanta’s water woes: A realistic statewide plan, experts say, would tell developers that they cannot build if no water is available, and might have restricted…

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Jackson County Citizens Step Up

Out west, it seems that local officials may have underestimated what freedom means to the locals. After pushing for a moratorium on new development, citizens responded. According to the Citizen-Times,…

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Civil Discourse & Not So Civil Discourse

Yesterday, a state employee (who I won’t name) and myself debated the question of whether North Carolina’s regulations on mercury emissions of coal-fired power plants should exceed the federal standards. …

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Mercury Myths

In response to my recent report on the regulation of power plant mercury emissions, NC Policy Watch counters with the Southern Environmental Law Center’s (SELC) talking points on mercury.? Apparently,…

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Challenging the Alarmists

When the Fayetteville Observer published a piece purporting to show high levels of ozone pollution in Cumberland County, new Research Director and Local Government Analyst Michael Sanera fired off a…