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Livable Nashville Already Moving City Forward
Nashville, TN— Today the Nashville Electric Service’s community solar project received a capacity award through the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Distributed Solar Solutions program that will help it quickly move forward. NES’s community solar project is...
Dominion’s IRP – Not the Whole Picture
Charlottesville, VA — Dominion Virginia Power recently filed its Integrated Resources Plan that fails to lay out a clear path forward for energy plans in Virginia and to transparently address the question of the need...
Southern Groups Intervene to Defend Atlantic Coast from Seismic Blasting
Washington, D.C.- Conservation groups today moved to intervene in an industry challenge to the federal government’s denial of permits for seismic testing in the Atlantic.
Businesses, Former Navy Base Commander: Offshore Drilling a Threat to Economy, Military
Virginia Beach, VA — A coalition of business leaders and a former Navy base commander said today President Trump’s executive order directing a “review” of offshore drilling protections in the Atlantic Ocean is threat to...
Despite Coastal Opposition, Trump Administration Aims to Open Atlantic to Offshore Drilling
Washington, D.C. – The Department of Interior announced plans to reconsider offshore drilling leases off the Atlantic Coast, despite fervent opposition from coastal communities.
Trump Administration Signals Attack on Mercury Rule
Charlottesville, VA – The Trump Administration today asked to delay a court hearing on the already-implemented federal Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, a signal that the Trump EPA will soon try to weaken the public...
Trump Administration Guts Rule Limiting Toxic Wastewater from Coal Plants
Washington, D.C. - SELC issues a statement in response to the Trump Administration’s roll back of a crucial rule aimed at limiting coal plants’ ability to dump toxic waste, such as coal ash, into public...
Conservation Groups Put Duke Energy on Notice for its Coal Ash Open Dump Plan in Person County, N.C.
Chapel Hill, N.C.- The SELC, on behalf of the Roanoke River Basin Association, today sent Duke Energy official notice of its intent to bring an enforcement action in federal court against Duke Energy’s planned open...
SELC Supports Supreme Court Decision To Move Forward with Clean Water Rule Case
Charlottesville, VA – The Southern Environmental Law Center today released this statement in response to the Supreme Court’s decision not to delay a crucial case that could eventually decide which streams and wetlands are protected...
SELC Case Against Carolina Water Service Nets $1.5 Million Fine
Columbia, S.C. – A federal court has ruled that the embattled Carolina Water Service I-20 sewage plant is discharging pollution into the Saluda River illegally...