CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY et al v. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL

  1. September 01, 2021

    UNC Dodges Enviro Groups' Coal Emissions Suit

    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill defeated environmental groups' claims that the school's operation of coal-fired power plants violated the Clean Air Act, with a Tarheel State federal judge finding the groups failed to show a concrete injury.

  2. October 13, 2020

    UNC Must Face Environmental Groups' Coal Emissions Suit

    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill can't dodge a suit by environmental groups over alleged Clean Air Act violations at its coal-fired power plants, a North Carolina federal judge has ruled.

  3. August 14, 2020

    Sierra Club Pushes To Keep UNC Clean Air Suit Intact

    A pair of environmental groups told a federal court that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill violated Clean Air Act permit requirements for coal-burning campus boilers, arguing the university's effort to wiggle out of those allegations by citing technicalities should fail.

  4. July 24, 2020

    UNC Says Alleged Clean Air Violations Too Old For Lawsuit

    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has told a North Carolina federal court that allegations from environmental groups that its coal-fired on-campus boilers exceeded emissions limits must be thrown out because the alleged wrongdoing is in the past.

  5. December 03, 2019

    Enviro Groups Hit UNC With Clean Air Suit Over Coal Burning

    The Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club said Tuesday that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is burning more coal than its permits allow, polluting the air and causing potential health risks.