Press Releases
Southern Environmental Law Center: Santee Cooper Closure Plan is Illegal and Destined to Fail
The Southern Environmental Law Center has filed comments demonstrating that Santee Cooper's closure plan for its coal ash at its Grainger facility in Conway, S.C., is unlawful, is based on a mistaken geologic assumption, leaves...
Why We’re at the Table: Utility Rate Hearings, Our Natural Resources and Our Economy
Today, the Alabama Public Service Commission (PSC) is holding the first of three informal hearings on Alabama Power Co.’s rate of return on equity, a measure of the utility’s guaranteed profit.
Southern Environmental Law Center Founder/Executive Director Receives Highest Award from Garden Club
Rick Middleton, founder and executive director of the Southern Environmental Law Center, was awarded the Cynthia Pratt Laughlin Medal by the Garden Club of America at its annual meeting last night in Philadelphia.
SELC and Waccamaw Riverkeeper File Federal Clean Water Act Suit Against Santee Cooper for Coal Ash Pollution at Conway
Today, the Southern Environmental Law Center filed suit under the United States Clean Water Act on behalf of the Waccamaw Riverkeeper against Santee Cooper for its illegal water pollution from coal ash at its Grainger...
News Advisory: Media Tour of George Washington National Forest as Forest Service Weighs Opening Area
Advisory for a tour of the George Washington National Forest with some of the region’s most knowledgeable experts about this special area, in advance of the expected Forest Service decision in early June on whether...
700 Acres of Georgia Cypress Wetlands and Marsh to be Restored and Preserved
A federal court yesterday evening approved an agreement between a private landowner and conservation groups to restore and protect over 700 acres of Georgia’s iconic cypress wetlands and coastal salt marsh near Brunswick, Georgia.
Southern Environmental Law Center and Catawba Riverkeeper Give Notice of Suit to Stop Duke’s Pollution of Charlotte’s Drinking Water Reservoir
The Southern Environmental Law Center has sent a notice to Duke Energy Carolinas LLC that it will bring suit under the Clean Water Act to stop Duke's coal ash pollution of Mountain Island Lake, the...
Mountaintop Removal Mining and the Treasures of the Forest Are the Focus of 2013 Reed Writing Award
SELC is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s Reed Environmental Writing Award, which is given each year to a book and a journalism article that exemplify the best environmental writing in the South.
MEDIA ADVISORY
Derb Carter of the Southern Environmental Law Center is scheduled to testify on March 14 before the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation in the U.S. House of Representatives regarding H.R. 819 that would...
Birmingham City Council to Host Debate on Controversial Northern Beltline Project
The Birmingham City Council will host a debate, open to media and the public, to hear from opponents and proponents of the proposed Northern Beltline, a 52-mile bypass north of Birmingham. Opponents scheduled to present...