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SELC responds to contradictory RGGI report from Governor Glenn Youngkin
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Governor Glenn Youngkin released a report this week prepared by Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality concerning the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). The report stands in stark contrast to previous DEQ reports...
Tennessee legislature’s reckless pipeline amendment takes power from local governments
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — An amendment proposed by Tennessee lawmakers would prevent all local governments – rural and urban – from having a say in where crude oil, petroleum, and methane gas pipelines and tanks are...
Alabama Supreme Court rules in favor of groups seeking protections for Birmingham Water Works Board land
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled unanimously in favor of Cahaba Riverkeeper, Cahaba River Society, and the Southern Environmental Law Center in their efforts to permanently protect land held...
SELC announces winners of the 2022 Phil Reed Environmental Writing Award
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.—The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) announced the winners of its 2022 Phillip D. Reed Environmental Writing Award today. The work of this year’s winners brings to light the healthcare...
Groups tell Biden Administration: Let Older Trees Grow
Environmental Organizations urge Biden administration to use old growth and mature forests as a climate solution ASHEVILLE, N.C. — SELC, Environment America, and dozens of other conservation groups launched an effort Tuesday to focus on...
Chickahominy Pipeline suspends beleaguered gas project
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Today Chickahominy Pipeline, LLC announced the suspension of its plan to construct an unregulated gas pipeline through five counties in central Virginia. The proposed pipeline would have serviced the as-yet-unbuilt Chickahominy Power Station,...
Oral Arguments at NC Supreme Court Monday, February 14th in NC NAACP v. Moore: Racially Gerrymandered Legislature in 2018 Did Not Have Authority to Change NC’s Constitution
RALEIGH, N.C. – Just over a week after the N.C. Supreme Court held that the N.C. General Assembly once again engaged in unconstitutional redistricting in 2021 (Supreme Court Order), oral arguments...
Community groups appeal administrative law judge Donald van der Vaart’s decision to side with Smithfield on water pollution
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.— The Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of Environmental Justice Community Action Network and Cape Fear River Watch appealed Chief Administrative Law Judge Donald van der Vaart’s decision...
Groups seek to stop Active Energy’s illegal PFAS pollution of North Carolina’s Lumber River
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.— After testing revealed unpermitted discharges of toxic PFAS into the Lumber River, the Southern Environmental Law Center and the Winyah Rivers Alliance today notified Active Energy Renewable Power—subsidiary...
SELC statement on Senate vote to reject Wheeler for Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources
The Virginia Senate voted Tuesay to reject Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s secretary of natural and historic resources nominee Andrew Wheeler, who served as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency during the Trump administration.