The red-cockaded woodpecker has been listed as endangered for more than half a century.
The U.S. military and conservation groups forged an unusual alliance to help save the red-cockaded woodpecker, but a Trump-era move to take it off the endangered list could threaten the bird.
The red-cockaded woodpecker has been listed as endangered for more than half a century, but that could soon change.
In the final months of the Trump administration, federal wildlife officials started a process to downgrade its status to threatened.
Conservation groups say science doesn t support the move, and that it could undermine gains made in part with the help of unusual public-private partnerships that have taken decades of work and millions of dollars.
LUMBERTON The Southern Environmental Law Center filed a lawsuit Wednesday alleging Active Energy Renewable Power polluted the Lumber River, a violation of the Clean Water Act, according to the conservation group.
The law center is suing on behalf of the Winyah Rivers Alliance, a nonprofit coalition of riverkeepers working to protect local rivers in the state. The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, details the concerns of the environmental groups and residents regarding unpermitted discharges of wastewater into the river and its tributary, Jacob s Branch, by Active Energy s property in Lumberton that is contaminated with hazardous substances.
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An oil refinery, owned by Exxon Mobil, is seen in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. Tens of thousands of people live within 2 miles of the complex, which produces gasoline for much of the East Coast. Credit: Barry Lewis/InPictures via Getty Images
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