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Rule conforming to U.S. Supreme Court decision that restricted wetlands protections comes as hurricanes threaten the South
WASHINGTON–The Southern Environmental Law Center today issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers rule conforming to the May 2023 U.S. Supreme Court’s majority...
Charles River Laboratories, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, and Conservation Groups Announce Agreement to Enhance Protections for Horseshoe Crabs and Red Knots
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.; the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR); Gault Seafood, LLC; Marsh Point Farm, Inc.; and the Southern Environmental Law Center, representing Defenders of Wildlife and the...
Settlement secured protecting clean, safe drinking water for metro Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-- Today the Birmingham Water Works Board fulfilled a more than 20-year-old promise to legally protect the source of metro Birmingham’s drinking water.
Legal filing urges state to protect North Carolinians from harmful industrial pollution
Polluters, not communities, should bear the burden of pollution CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—On behalf of Cape Fear River Watch, MountainTrue, and the Yadkin Riverkeeper, the Southern Environmental Law Center today petitioned the North Carolina Environmental...
U.S. House bill will limit CAFO spending and protect vulnerable communities from harmful water and air pollution
WASHINGTON— The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) Improvement Act introduced today in the U.S. House of Representatives would direct more federal conservation funding to agriculture projects that enhance water and air quality, reduce harmful emissions,...
Commission increases Duke Energy Progress rates and profits, but adopts low-income affordability programs
Partial settlement with consumer and clean energy advocates results in adoption of low-income affordability programs by N.C. Utility Commission CHAPEL HILL, N.C.–A coalition of consumer and clean energy advocates expressed disappointment in the recent...
Environmental groups sue to keep Virginia in regional climate program
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Today on behalf of the Association of Energy Conservation Professionals, Virginia Interfaith Power and Light, Appalachian Voices, and Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions, the Southern Environmental Law Center filed a petition in...
Conservation groups ask federal court of appeals to review key Cumberland Pipeline permit
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Southern Environmental Law Center and Appalachian Mountain Advocates, on behalf of Appalachian Voices and the Sierra Club, are asking a federal court of appeals to review a state-issued permit for the...
New Broken Ground season focuses on environmental storytellers of the South
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Today the Southern Environmental Law Center launched the sixth season of its award-winning and Webby-nominated podcast, Broken Ground. The latest series highlights journalists and creators rethinking ways to share environmental news in...
Clean energy advocates react to Duke Energy’s proposed Carbon Plan
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—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...