Press Releases
SELC Sues for Information on Secret Public Lands Overhaul
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) is suing the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for failing to release information about efforts to fundamentally reorganize federal agencies responsible for managing federal...
Embattled Utility SCE&G Allowed to Block Solar Competitors
COLUMBIA, SC — SCE&G, accused of misleading lawmakers and the public by concealing the failings of a nuclear construction project that cost its customers billions of dollars, has now been given the go-ahead to put...
Conservation Groups Sue Trump Administration over its Illegal Approval of $2.2 Billion 540 Toll Road
The Southern Environmental Law Center today filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of NC challenging the United States Fish and Wildlife Service’s illegal approval of the $2.2 billion...
FERC Should Stand by its Order
Today, Atlantic Coast Pipelined developers asked FERC for the right to continue construction despite the potential harm to endangered species. The Southern Environmental Law Center is issuing the following statement in response to that letter:...
House Farm Bill Fails; Legislation Sought to Gut Fundamental Clean Water, Forestry Protections
The Southern Environmental Law Center today released the following statement in response to the House's failure to pass the 2018 Farm Bill.
NC House and Senate Bill Plays Politics Instead of Addressing Problem while the People of NC Suffer
This is a statement by Derb Carter of the Southern Environmental Law Center in response to the North Carolina Senate Bill 724 and House Bill 972 introduced by state legislators today.
Proposed Allen Permit Fails to Protect Catawba River from Coal Ash
The draft water pollution permit issued by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality for Duke Energy’s Allen plant on the Catawba River and Lake Wylie does not protect clean water from toxic pollution.
SELC Responds to FERC Letter Sent to Pipeline Developers
The Southern Environmental Law Center has issued the following statement in response to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s most recent letter issued to Atlantic Coast Pipeline Developers: According to the Federal Regulatory Commission’s...
Atlantic Coast Pipeline Developers Constructing with Invalid Permit
RICHMOND, VA – The US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision to invalidate the United States Fish and Wildlife Service’s review of Dominion and Duke Energy’s fracked-gas pipeline. Without a valid permit Atlantic Coast Pipeline...
Atlantic Coast Pipeline Stopped in its Tracks
RICHMOND, Va. — The United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a decision in a case brought by Defenders of Wildlife, Virginia Wilderness Committee and Sierra Club, and argued by the Southern Environmental...