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Citizens Go to Federal Court over Duke Energy Coal Ash Pollution in Stokes County, Dan River Basin
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – On behalf of Appalachian Voices, the Stokes County Branch of the NAACP, and the North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, the Southern Environmental Law Center today filed in federal...
Court Orders Evaluation of Murphy-Brown Hog Operations Identified as Threats to Groundwater
Chapel Hill, N.C. –Yesterday, a federal court agreed with conservation groups represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center and ordered that industrial hog producer Murphy-Brown comply with a 2006 agreement to clean up groundwater...
New study shows Dominion is holding Virginia back
Charlottesville, VA — The approximately 30 million tons of toxic coal ash that Dominion is storing in unlined pits at four Virginia power plants could be recycled and used in building materials according to a...
Local and citizen groups object to DEQ’s flawed permit for $5.5 Billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Today more than a dozen groups asked North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality to withdraw a draft air permit for a large facility that would expose people living in the community to toxic air pollution.
Atlantic Coast Pipeline Decision Puts National Forests at Risk
SELC strongly opposes the U.S. Forest Service decision to approve the ACP, slated to cut through 600-miles including lands in the Appalachian Mountains and the George Washington and Monongahela National Forests.
Congaree Riverkeeper to sue over utility’s refusal to excavate coal tar from waterway
COLUMBIA, SC – Congaree Riverkeeper today filed a notice of intent to sue – the required precursor to a lawsuit – to halt SCE&G’s plans to cover acres of a toxic coal-tar plume with fabric, rather...
Groups Take Legal Action Against FERC on Atlantic Coast Pipeline
A coalition of affected landowners and conservation groups today filed a request for rehearing urging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reconsider its approval of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a massive interstate gas pipeline that...
First county in Tidewater bans fracking
Charlottesville, VA— Richmond County’s unanimous vote to ban oil and gas drilling and fracking sends a clear message that counties have a strong interest in protecting their land and water from risky industry ventures. The decision...
Groups Intervene in Vogtle Cost Proceedings
In today’s opening hearing in Georgia Power Company’s 17th Semi-Annual Vogtle Construction Monitoring Report proceeding, groups are urging the PSC to reject the utility’s request for approval of its revised cost and schedule for two...
SELC: Congress Passes Bill Proposing to Treat Southeastern National Forests as Mere Crops
Washington, D.C. – The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) released the following statement on the so-called “Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017” (H.R. 2936). The legislation, which passed in the House late Wednesday, proposes to create...