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Mecklenburg County Park and Rec’s expansive network of nature preserves make for great hiking destinations this fall.

All the offices at the La Plata County Department of Human Services were dark Monday night save for the main conference room, where about 16 people congregated. Each went around the room to share what...

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 tributa...

CoalSwitch pellets (Photo: Allenby Capital) The Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of Winyah Rivers Alliance, is suing Active Energy Renewable Power over alleged violations of the Clean Water Act at its facility in Lumberton. Active Energy RP plans to build a wood pellet manufacturing plant there, on Alamac Road, but the facility is 18 months behind schedule. Instead a company subsidiary runs a sawmill on the 145-acre site. SELC had notified Active Energy of its intent in December; the company had 60 days to respond. At the time, a company spokesman told Policy Watch he had not yet ...

Planned Wood Pellet Facility Raises More Pollution Concerns CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—On behalf of Winyah Rivers Alliance, the Southern Environmental Law Center today sued to stop Active Energy Renewable Power and Lumberton Energy Holdings— subsidiaries of the U.K. company, Active Energy Group—from illegally polluting the Lumber River in violation of the Clean Water Act. The complaint filed by the conservation groups in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina outlines concerns regarding unpermitted discharges into the river and its tributary, Jacob’s Branch, from Ac...