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‘Fix Our Forests Act’ puts Southern forests at risk
WASHINGTON – This week, the misnamed “Fix Our Forests Act” was reported out of the Senate Agriculture Committee. The bill would be a step backwards for our managed forests and public lands, especially in the...
New cases bring more pressure on EPA to restore Solar for All
Multiple new lawsuits challenging the unlawful termination of Solar for All highlight the importance of restoring the program. WASHINGTON – New lawsuits filed by Harris County, Texas and...
SELC launches “Plantations to Pollution,” exposing the unbroken line from slavery to today’s environmental injustices
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (October 16, 2025) —The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) announced the launch of “Plantations to Pollution: Black Communities, Legacy Pollution, and the Path Forward,” a...
Coalition files opening brief challenging FERC’s CP2 LNG export facility approval in Louisiana
A coalition of local fisherfolk, community members and leaders, and public interest organizations filed their opening brief this week in the U.S. Court of Appeal for the D.C. Circuit challenging FERC’s approval of Virginia-based Venture...
Duke Energy’s approach to data centers unnecessarily risks increasing bills and pollution
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.— Duke Energy’s business as usual approach to supplying energy to major new customers like data centers would largely rely on building expensive, polluting new gas-fired power plants, putting existing customers at risk...
New report projects numbers of deaths due to proposed gas plant
RICHMOND, Va. — Today SELC released a report from Dr. Christopher Tessum, Disproportionate Impacts of Proposed Emissions from the Chesterfield Gas Plant, that shows the potential impacts fine particulate matter (“PM2.5”) emissions from Dominion Energy’s...
Conservation groups file lawsuit over failing Middle Tennessee sewage system
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — On Monday, the Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of the Tennessee Scenic Rivers Association and Sierra Club, sued the Water and Wastewater Authority of Wilson County (WWAWC) and Adenus Operations,...
New lawsuit seeks to protect $7 billion in solar funding
WASHINGTON – The Southern Environmental Law Center, along with Lawyers for Good Government, Conservation Law Foundation, and the Lawyers Committee for Rhode Island, filed a legal challenge in federal court today on behalf of...
Clean energy advocates react to Duke Energy’s proposed Carbon Plan
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—Clean energy groups involved in the North Carolina Utilities Commission proceeding to develop a new state plan for reducing heat-trapping carbon pollution from electricity generation—known as the Carbon Plan—reacted to a proposed plan by...
Groups appeal class action dismissal
WASHINGTON — This week the Southern Environmental Law Center, along with Earth Justice, Public Rights Project, and Lawyers for Good Government, on behalf of nonprofit groups, tribes and local governments, appealed a judge’s decision to dismiss a...