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SELC announces finalists for the 2026 Phil Reed Environmental Writing Award
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.—The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) announced the finalists for the 2026 Phillip D. Reed Environmental Writing Award today. The work of this year’s finalists spans a wide range of environmental issues—from...
Proposed changes to federal water rule put polluters over people
Rollbacks would further restrict water, wetlands protections under Clean Water Act WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released their proposed new definition for “waters of the United...
Environmental Groups Reach Settlement with Utilities on SEEM
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, a coalition of Southeastern environmental groups, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center, and the Natural Resources Defense Council, represented by Earthjustice, reached a settlement agreement with Southeast Energy Exchange Market (SEEM) members, including Southern Company, Duke Energy, and others. If approved, the settlement would fully resolve the groups’ lawsuit to set aside orders issued by the...
Groups sue U.S. Forest Service to stop unlawful logging project in Pisgah National Forest
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of the Center for Biological Diversity and MountainTrue, sued the U.S. Forest Service on Thursday after the agency refused to stop an unlawful logging...
The Southern Environmental Law Center celebrates 15 years of environmental advocacy and partnership in Alabama
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-- For 15 years, the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) has supported nonprofits and communities across the state protecting our basic right to clean air and water and helped preserve Alabama’s natural heritage and...
North Carolina clean energy advocates to appeal misleading Duke Energy program
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Clean energy advocates announced today that they will appeal the North Carolina Utilities Commission’s approval of a misleading customer program, proposed by regulated monopoly Duke Energy, that purports to aid...
Groups reach settlement with Duke Energy Progress on rate increase
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Several environmental groups joined a settlement with Duke Energy Progress this week involving Duke’s application for a rate increase at the South Carolina Public Service Commission. Earlier this year, Duke requested an...
Tests show some PFAS from Chemours plague drinking water for more than 500,000 North Carolinians
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Tests commissioned by Cape Fear River Watch and the Southern Environmental Law Center showed extremely high levels of ultra-short chain PFAS released by Chemours into the drinking water supply for 500,000...
SELC applauds progress on bipartisan land protection bills
WASHINGTON — Yesterday, Members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture unanimously advanced a bipartisan slate of four land protection bills, carrying 42,000 acres of wilderness protection and tens of thousands of additional acres of Scenic...
New report projects harmful air pollution from proposed Canadys gas plant
Health impacts could cause millions in healthcare costs annually CHARLESTON, S.C. — A newly released report by the Dominici Lab at Harvard University’s School of Public Health – commissioned by the Southern Environmental Law Center –...