Category: Zoning and Land Use

Sign that reads "No harms to our farms, No MEC" positioned on top of the proposed Moriah Energy Center

Environmental Justice

Person County Residents Fight to Be Heard on Industrial Rezoning

ROUGEMONT, N.C. (Sept. 8, 2025) — Person County residents, with the help of Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ), continue fighting against a controversial rezoning…

Environmental Justice

SCSJ, Partners Push for Changes to Alcoa Business Park Permit Renewal

DURHAM, N.C. (Sept. 5, 2025) — Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ), the Duke Environmental Law and Policy Clinic (ELPC), and the Southern Environmental Law…

Pitt County courthouse behind brookhaven community residents opposing the zoning for a RaceTrac gas station

Environmental Justice

Pitt County Judge Rules in Favor of Brookhaven Community in Gas Station Case

GREENVILLE, N.C. (July 16, 2025) — A Pitt County Superior Court judge has ruled in favor of the Brookhaven community, represented by Southern Coalition for…

moriah energy center site with hazard sign transposed beside it to highlight the danger the liquified methane storage facility poses to the community and environment

Environmental Justice

SCSJ’s Statement on Appeal in Moriah Energy Center Case

ROUGEMONT, N.C. (Jan. 13, 2025) — Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) released the following statement alongside its appeal in Clayton, et al. v. Person…

Natural gas turbines with pollutants filling the air

Environmental Justice

SCSJ, Allies Demand Stronger Protections for Community in Duke Energy’s Roxboro Gas Plant Air Permit

DURHAM, N.C. (Nov. 26, 2024) – Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) released the following statement alongside its public comments to the NCDEQ, Division of…

Gas station nozzles to represent the construction of a gas station near Wellcome Middle School in Greenville, NC.

Environmental Justice

Greenville Community Battles Gas Station Construction by School

GREENVILLE, N.C. (Nov. 22, 2024) – Greenville residents are urging the court to rethink allowing a gas station to operate just 1,000 feet from a…

Reflections Little River Regional Park NC 9893

Environmental Justice

Person County residents file complaint against proposed harmful Moriah Energy Center

ROUGEMONT, N.C. (Feb 6, 2024) — Person County residents and environmental justice organizations have filed a complaint to stop the construction of the dangerous Moriah…

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Person County Residents Fight to Be Heard on Industrial Rezoning

SCSJ, Partners Push for Changes to Alcoa Business Park Permit Renewal

Pitt County Judge Rules in Favor of Brookhaven Community in Gas Station Case

SCSJ’s Statement on Appeal in Moriah Energy Center Case

SCSJ, Allies Demand Stronger Protections for Community in Duke Energy’s Roxboro Gas Plant Air Permit

Greenville Community Battles Gas Station Construction by School

Person County residents file complaint against proposed harmful Moriah Energy Center