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Judge Protects Billions for Reliable EV Charging; Cleaner Air and Lower Driving Costs Across the Country
SEATTLE – Today, U.S. District Court Judge Tana Lin of the Western District of Washington entered final judgment in State of Washington v. U.S. Department of Transportation, a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s unlawful freeze of the National...
SELC provides data center guidance to localities in new report
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — In a new report, the Southern Environmental Law Center is providing guidance to communities facing data center development. For several years, SELC has been working on data center issues at the local government level in Virginia, the “data center capital of...
State lawmakers push to strip toxic pollution protections for water and air across Alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Today a Senate committee will hold a hearing on the first of two bills that aim to rollback protections against toxic water and air pollution across the state. SB71 and HB 162...
Weakening of limits on power plants’ toxic water pollution challenged in federal court
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.–Conservation groups in the Carolinas, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center, filed suit to stop the Trump administration from weakening limits on toxic water pollution from coal-fired power plants. The lawsuit,...
Data center changes, clean energy top legislative priorities in Virginia
Data center changes, clean energy top legislative priorities in Virginia ...
EPA confirms that large methane gas turbines require permits
WASHINGTON D.C. — This week, the federal Environmental Protection Agency announced that methane gas turbines, even temporary ones that will operate for less than a year, require construction permits and air permits. The announcement came...
Robeson County, N.C, warned to stop landfill’s PFAS pollution of drinking water system for 66,000 people, or face lawsuit
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — On behalf of Winyah Rivers Alliance and St. Pauls Community Association for Progress, the Southern Environmental Law Center today warned Robeson County that if the county does not stop polluting public drinking water with toxic PFAS from the Robeson County Landfill, and distributing this contaminated water...
Trump administration proposes to cut ability of states, tribes, and local communities to protect clean water, SELC says
Trump administration proposes to cut ability of states, tribes, and local communities to protect clean water, SELC says ...
SELC celebrates 25th Anniversary of Roadless Rule with Sen. Tim Kaine, Rep. Jennifer McClellan, and conservation partners
RICHMOND, Va. — On Monday, the Southern Environmental Law Center was joined by Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), Representative Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), the Virginia Wilderness Committee and conservation partners from throughout the state to celebrate the...
Landowners sue Colleton County over data center ordinance
Lawsuit says zoning ordinance violates law and threatens the treasured ACE Basin CHARLESTON, S.C. — Today, on behalf of Colleton County residents Miles Crosby and Jennifer Singleton, the Southern Environmental Law Center filed a complaint in...