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ALDOT Agrees to Delay Construction on North Eufaula Avenue Widening
Conservation groups have been reassured that North Eufaula Avenue will remain intact through the end of the year after a district court asked ALDOT to delay construction on the proposed widening until it can rule...
SELC Responds to TDOT’s New Proposal for Corridor K
Nashville, TN — Today the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) announced a new concept for improvements to Highway 64 through the Ocoee River Gorge, also known as Corridor K. Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) and its...
New Coal Ash Leaks Discovered at Duke Energy’s Buck Power Plant
Chapel Hill, NC – Massive coal ash pollution leaks have been discovered pouring from Duke Energy’s Buck Power Plant into the Yadkin River, conservation groups revealed today.
Southeastern States Have Clear Path for Meeting Carbon Pollution Targets Under Clean Power Plan
For Immediate Release December 2, 2014 Contacts: Regional – Frank Rambo, Southern Environmental Law Center, 434-977-4090, [email protected] Virginia – Angela Navarro, 434-977-4090, [email protected] North Carolina – Gudrun Thompson, 919-967-1450, [email protected] South...
Flawed SMART29 Traffic Report Is Unpersuasive; Ignores Key Benefits of Route 29 Solutions Package
Charlottesville, VA – The Southern Environmental Law Center released the following statement today in response to a press conference and the release of a new traffic study by SMART29 on the Route 29 Solutions package:...
Rick Montague Receives Award from SELC for Environmental Leadership
(SELC Board member Rick Montague (left) with SELC Founder and Executive Director Rick Middleton) Charlottesville, VA – The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) is pleased to announce that Deaderick...
Victory at Cedar Creek as VDOT Announces Shift in Bridge Location
New Market, VA — The Virginia Department of Transportation has announced that it will alter the proposed alignment of the Route 11 replacement bridge at Cedar Creek battlefield. The alignment VDOT...
Red Flags for Northern Beltline in New Regional Transportation Plan for Birmingham
The Birmingham Metropolitan Planning Organization’s draft of the 2040 Regional Transportation Plan shows that over half of available funding for new road projects for the next 25 years will be squandered on the Northern Beltline.
Conservation Groups Support Forest Service Decision to Keep GW Off Limits to Gas Drilling & Fracking
Charlottesville, VA – Local conservation and community groups expressed support for today’s decision from the U.S. Forest Service to make the George Washington National Forest (GW) unavailable for oil and gas drilling.
U.S. Forest Service Proposes Opening Most of the Popular Pisgah-Nantahala National Forest to Logging
The U.S. Forest Service is proposing industrial-scale logging in the vast majority of the Pisgah-Nantahala National Forest in western North Carolina -- about 700,000 acres, or an area bigger than the Great Smoky Mountains National...