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Kinder Morgan and Columbia Pipeline Group Lobby Tennessee to Reject Nashville’s Clean Air Plans
Nashville, TN- The Air Pollution Control Board of TN will decide to approve Nashville’s requirement that air pollution sources comply with local zoning regulations. If the Board votes no, Nashville could be vulnerable to pollution...
Conservation Groups Defend Key Part of Bonner Bridge Replacement Project
Chapel Hill, N.C.- The ELC asked a federal court today to join an existing lawsuit to help defend the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s plan to provide safe, reliable transportation on Hatteras Island in North...
White House Cuts to EPA Budget Strip Health and Safety Protections for Southeasterners
Washington, D.C.– The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) released the following statement after reports that the White House budget calls for cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) overall budget by 25 percent. of jobs...
President Trump’s Executive Order, EPA Cuts Would Threaten Clean Drinking Water
Washington, D.C.- The Southern Environmental Law Center released the following statement ahead of President Donald Trump’s expected executive order attacking the Clean Water Rule.
Virginians Stands Strong to Protect Residents and Environment From Fracking Secrets
Charlottesville, VA – Legislation attempting to exempt hydraulic fracturing “trade secrets” from the Freedom of Information Act of Virginia met bipartisan rejection in Virginia’s General Assembly in large part because of concerns highlighted...
Conservation Groups Join Legal Battle Over Protections for Endangered Wildlife
Mobile, AL- Conservation groups have moved to intervene in a federal challenge filed by 18 states, including South Carolina and Alabama, to undo important protections for endangered species.
SELC Statement on New Findings by UK Institute on Burning Wood Pellets
Charlottesville, VA- An independent analysis published today by the United Kingdom’s Chatham House confirmed that chopping down the Southeast’s forests to burn as wood pellets in UK power plants has increased rather than decreased the...
Proposed Permits Allow Duke Energy to Discharge Pollutants into North Carolina Rivers and Lakes
Chapel Hill, N.C.-On behalf of the Roanoke River Basin Association and Appalachian Voices, SELC submitted comments on permits for leaking, unlined Duke Energy coal ash sites that would allow discharge of dangerous coal ash pollutants...
Experts: Duke Energy Favors Expensive New Plants over Lower Cost Clean Energy
Chapel Hill, N.C.- Adding more energy efficiency, solar and wind power to Duke Energy’s energy mix will lower costs for customers in North Carolina, but the utility is using a flawed analysis to justify building...
Dismantled Stream Protections Threaten Drinking Water for Southeasterners
Washington, D.C. – The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) released the following statement after President Donald Trump signed into law a repeal of the Stream Protection Rule, dismantling key protections that help keep our drinking...