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Alabama’s Biodiversity and Tennessee’s Environmental Issues Are the Focus of 2014 Reed Writing Award
Charlottesville, VA – SELC is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s Reed Environmental Writing Award, given each year to two works that exemplify the best environmental writing in the South. One award went...
Dan River Groups Seek Cleanup of Duke’s Coal Ash Pollution
The Southern Environmental Law Center today filed motions to allow four conservation groups working on the Dan River to participate in the state court enforcement action against Duke Energy for its illegal coal ash pollution...
SELC Responds to Directive to Table Bypass, Instead Focus on Route 29 Improvements
The Southern Environmental Law Center released the following statement today in response to an announcement that Virginia Secretary of Transportation Aubrey Layne made to the Commonwealth Transportation Board concerning improvements to the Route 29 c...
DENR May Reinstate Suspended Coal Ash Settlement
The NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources told the North Carolina Superior Court that it may reinstate the proposed settlement it brokered with Duke Energy over its illegal pollution at its coal ash lagoons...
NC DENR Abandons Sweetheart Deal for Unneeded Dam
Yielding to a challenge from the Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of American Rivers, the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources has quietly reversed its unprecedented decision to waive environmental review for...
SELC Responds to Work Being Halted on Proposed Route 460 Project
The Southern Environmental Law Center released the following statement today by Trip Pollard, SELC Senior Attorney and Director of the Land and Community Program, in response to an announcement from Virginia Secretary of Transportation Aubrey...
SELC Comments on Duke Energy’s Response to Governor
Chapel Hill, NC – Last month, in response to overwhelming public pressure to finally require action from Duke Energy for its hazardous coal ash pits, Governor McCrory demanded that Duke Energy provide detailed plans for...
NC coal ash, court rules
Chapel Hill, NC – A Wake County Judge today ruled that Duke Energy must take immediate action to eliminate the sources of groundwater contamination that are currently violating water quality standards at all 14 of...
Court Upholds Coastal Marsh Protections, Denies Permit for Private Marina on Wilmington Island
A state court on Friday upheld Georgia’s Coastal Marshlands Protection Committee’s denial of a permit for a private marina proposed to be built in state marshlands on Wilmington Island, east of Savannah, Georgia.
Federal Court Declares Bush-Era Rule that Removed Protections against Mountaintop Removal Mining Invalid
Late yesterday a federal court ruled in favor of the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) and tossed a regulation issued in the final days of the George W. Bush administration that removed essential protections for...