Press Releases
Conservation Groups Challenge Plant Hammond Permit
The Coosa River Basin Initiative and the Southern Environmental Law Center are challenging a lax permit for Georgia Power’s Plant Hammond, a coal-fired power plant that has needlessly degraded the Coosa River for decades.
Less Costly, Comprehensive Alternative to $2.2 Billion Extension of 540 Toll Road Released
On behalf of Sound Rivers and Clean Air Carolina, the SELC today released a report by expert transportation engineer Walter Kulash detailing a comprehensive suite of transportation upgrades that would provide a less expensive alternative...
Conservation Groups Challenge Attack on Clean Water in Federal Court
Conservation groups today challenged in court the administration’s effort to strip away crucial clean water protections from rivers, lakes, streams and other waters that feed drinking-water sources for nearly 20 million people in the South.
Conservation Groups File Challenge to National Forest Service’s Hasty Decision
SELC and partners have filed suit in federal court against the National Forest Service over a grant recently issued to developers of the fracked gas Atlantic Coast Pipeline.
FERC Faces Legal Challenge Over ACP Decision
The Southern Environmental Law Center and Appalachian Mountain Advocates filed a challenge in federal court on behalf of 11 conservation groups challenging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s decision to permit the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.
Legal Challenges Filed Targeting Atlantic Coast Pipeline Approvals
SELC on behalf of a coalition of groups, filed legal challenges to decisions by the Virginia State Water Control Board, the National Park Service and, The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Outside Experts Find Dominion’s Coal Ash Assessment Inadequate
SELC conducts its own assessment of the state of the leaking coal ash pits in Virginia after a Dominion assessmentfailed to consider realistic clean closure options or properly analyze the pollution at these sites.
N.C. DEQ Proposes Improvements but Allows a Delay of Toxic Pollution Limits for Duke Energy
In response to legal action by the SELC on behalf of Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation, Sierra Club, and Waterkeeper Alliance, DEQ today announced that it will no longer permit natural streams at Duke Energy's Marshall steam...
Administration Playing Politics by Only Removing Florida from Offshore Drilling Plan
The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) released the following statement after Secretary Zinke announced he planned to remove Florida from the administration’s draft five-year offshore drilling plan, after opposition from Republican governor, Ri...
Rail Advocates Advance Innovative Vision for Passenger Rail Network
The Southern Environmental Law Center, along with a coalition have jointly released their vision for expanded regional train service throughout the Commonwealth in a new report entitled Virginia's Passenger Trains: Building on Success.