Press Releases
SELC Launches New Website Shedding Light on Utility Charges for Rooftop Solar Customers
SELC launched the Rates of Solar website, an interactive site that provides simple, straight-forward information about how utilities across the Southeast are treating customers with rooftop solar.
SELC Files Suit Against the FAA for Withholding Spaceport Safety Assessments
SELC is challenging the Federal Aviation Administration for refusing to disclose important information about the risks of harm to human life and property around a proposed spaceport in Camden County.
Georgia Power Drags Reluctant Project Owners into Continuing Flawed Vogtle Expansion
ATLANTA, GA—Late yesterday, Oglethorpe Power Corporation voted to move forward with the ill-fated Vogtle nuclear expansion project despite significant concerns about recent and future multi-billion dollar cost increases. As the final project owner to weigh...
Statement in Regards to Decision in Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on TVA Coal Ash
NASHVILLE, TN— In response to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision today, the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) issued the following statement on behalf of DJ Gerken, SELC managing attorney:...
ACP Construction Halted in National Forest
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has granted a stay of the National Forest Service decisions allowing Atlantic Coast Pipeline construction.
SELC Challenges New Rushed Permits for Atlantic Coast Pipeline
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), on behalf of Sierra Club, Defenders of Wildlife, and Virginia Wilderness Committee, filed legal challenges...
Agencies Rush Out New Permits for Atlantic Coast Pipeline
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – The National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have issued new permits for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, according to Atlantic’s filings with FERC today.
SELC Monitoring Sutton Coal Ash Release in Wake of Hurricane Florence
CHAPEL HILL, NC — Following reports of a coal ash breach at Duke Energy's Sutton Power Station in Wilmington, SELC and partners are monitoring the situation and awaiting more information on the extent of the...
Disappointing Court Decision Lets Polluters Off the Hook
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA— In response to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision today, the Southern Environmental Law Center issues the following statement:...
Governor Northam Signals Commitment to Address Climate Change
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — Today the Southern Environmental Law Center released the following statement regarding Governor Ralph Northam’s announcement that his administration...