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South DeKalb Residents Challenge Metro Green Facility
STONECREST, GA - Residents of the City of Stonecrest and DeKalb County have moved to intervene in an ongoing suit against Metro Green Recycling’s construction and demolition waste recycling facility.
U.S. Forest Service Finalizes 11th-hour Rule to Cut Science and Public Input; Increase Logging on National Forests
WASHINGTON D.C. – The U.S. Forest Service announced today that it is set to finalize a rule that will cut science-based analysis, transparency, and public input from nearly every decision the agency makes, including logging,...
Conservation Groups Sue USFWS to Save Wild Red Wolves
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – On behalf of Red Wolf Coalition, Defenders of Wildlife, and Animal Welfare Institute, the Southern Environmental Law Center today sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the U.S. District...
Groups Challenge Trump Administration Rule Allowing More Toxic Wastewater from Coal Plants
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Representing groups from communities near and downstream of coal plants in the Carolinas, the Southern Environmental Law Center today challenged the Trump administration’s rewrite of a rule...
Dominion attempts to undercut savings from VCEA
RICHMOND, VA - Today, the SELC on behalf of Appalachian Voices revealed at the Virginia SCC that Dominion Energy’s plans would undercut savings from the Virginia Clean Economy Act by overcharging customers for inefficient and...
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, Congressman Donald McEachin, and Advocates host Townhall marking 48th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. — To highlight the 48th anniversary of the Clean Water Act becoming law, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, Congressman Donald McEachin (D-VA), state and tribal officials, and other clean water advocates hosted a...
After fuel spill, $1.5 million secured for S.C. watershed
GREENVILLE, S.C. — A fund of $1.5 million has been established to protect and remediate water resources in Anderson County as a result of a Clean Water Act suit brought by the Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf...
Haw River Assembly and City of Burlington Agree to PFAS and 1,4-dioxane Investigation
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—The Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of the Haw River Assembly, finalized a memorandum of agreement with the City of Burlington in which the city agreed to investigate the sources of per-...
SC horseshoe crab harvest challenged
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is failing to follow the law and its obligation to protect one of South Carolina’s most pristine coastal sanctuaries by allowing commercial harvest of horseshoe crabs...
99% reduction of Chemours’ PFAS pollution agreement approved
A state court today approved an agreement that details the next steps under a consent order negotiated by the SELC on behalf of Cape Fear River Watch with N.C. DEQ and Chemours that requires the...