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Active Energy Sued for Illegal Pollution of North Carolina's Lumber River from Toxic Site


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 Active Energy’s property contaminated with toxic solvents in Lumberton, N.C. ....

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Environmental Working Group: Watchdog Coalition to Hold Duke Energy Accountable for Environmental and Economic Injustice


WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 The Environmental Working Group issued the following news release:
A coalition of public interest, environmental and economic justice organizations will convene the first-ever hearing to examine Duke Energy s policies and practices, which have polluted and financially punished its low-income ratepayers and communities of color throughout its vast six-state service area.
The Duke Energy Accountability Coalition, launched last year, includes the People s Commission - an independent watchdog group acting solely in the public interest, free from the political and economic influence Duke wields with regulators, lawmakers and other elected officials throughout its territory.
On Jan. 29, the commission will hold its first virtual hearing to hear testimony from an array of experts and advocates who have worked for years to hold the nation s largest investor-owned utility accountable. ....

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Wood pellet company Active Energy Renewable Power faces legal action over discharges into Lumber River


Active Energy Renewable Power occupies a 415,000-square-foot building that used to house Alamac American Knits. The company, which plans to manufacture wood pellets, is allegedly discharging wastewater without a permit. (File photo: Lisa Sorg)
Active Energy Renewable Power, which plans to operate a large wood pellet plant in Lumberton, in Robeson County, faces a potential lawsuit for discharging polluted wastewater for nearly 500 days into the Lumber River and a tributary.
The Southern Environmental Law Center, representing Winyah Rivers, formally notified the company on Dec. 10 that it intended to sue under the Clean Water Act. The company has 60 days to respond. ....

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