Press Releases
Time Running Out to Save Wild Red Wolves as National Academies of Sciences Confirms Species Status
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – In response to today’s report confirming the classification of red wolves as a species by the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,...
Conservation Groups Challenge Department of the Interior’s Failure to Disclose Public Information
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) and Defenders of Wildlife filed suit late yesterday...
Virginia Leaps Forward on Coal Ash
RICHMOND, VA—Today, years of work by a host of dedicated citizens, conservation groups, and elected officials came to fruition, as Governor Northam signed legislation to clean up more than 28 million tons of coal ash.
Local Residents, Hunters, and Fishermen Outraged by Approval of $500M Mid-Currituck Bridge
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.– Local residents from the Currituck mainland and the northern Outer Banks—along with hunters, fishermen, and wildlife enthusiasts —reacted with dismay when NCDOT announced that it had signed an approval for the Mid-Currituck...
Energy’s plan to keep uneconomic coal plants online will burden North Carolina’s customers
RALEIGH, N.C. — A coalition of clean energy advocates have filed expert analyses with North Carolina utility regulators finding that the Duke Energy’s long-range plans would cost customers too much money by keeping aging, inefficient...
SELC Announces Winners of the 2019 Reed Environmental Writing Awards
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA—The Southern Environmental Law Center has announced the winners of the 2019 Phillip D. Reed Environmental Writing Awards, to be presented during this year’s Virginia Festival of the Book.
New Study Finds Overwhelming Support for Wilderness Protections in the Southern Appalachians
ATLANTA, GA – A study, conducted by researchers at the University of Georgia’s (UGA) Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, found strong support for the preservation and expansion of wilderness areas...
Court Rejects ACP Request to Overturn Appalachian Trail Decision
RICHMOND VA— Today, the Fourth Circuit declined to reconsider its December ruling that the U.S. Forest Service lacked authority to authorize the Atlantic Coast Pipeline from crossing the Appalachian Trail. The Court also found that...
Court Voids Two Constitutional Amendments
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The Wake County Superior Court today ruled that the illegally gerrymandered North Carolina General Assembly did not have legal authority to place constitutional amendments on the ballot...
Conservation Groups Challenge Deficient Water Quality Permit for $2.2 Billion 540 Toll Road
RALEIGH, N.C. – On behalf of Sound Rivers, the Center for Biological Diversity, and Clean Air Carolina, the SELC today filed a petition in North Carolina’s Office of Administrative Hearings challenging the state’s issuance of...