Press Releases
Trump Administration’s Plan for Offshore Drilling Threatens Southeast Communities
SELC released the following statement after the Trump Administration announced its draft five-year offshore drilling plan, proposing to open the Mid- and South Atlantic to risky drilling.
SELC Statement on Potential Purchase of SCANA by Dominion Energy
CHARLESTON, SC — A Dominion Energy purchase of SCANA would still force South Carolina power customers to pay for a nuclear plant that will never produce power, and it will likely be a springboard to...
Blounts Creek Saved from Flooding with Mine Wastewater by Court Order
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.— A state court vacated a state permit that would have allowed a proposed Martin Marietta mine to discharge millions of gallons of wastewater a day into a popular fishing creek in...
Public Service Commission Stiffs Georgia Power Customers, Greenlights Plant Vogtle Cost Increases
Atlanta, GA–Despite evidence that Plant Vogtle is uneconomic at its current price tag, the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) today rubberstamped continued construction. Commission Staff had recommended the PSC reject any price above $9 billion...
Legal challenge to I-73 urges hard look at cost-saving alternatives
CHARLESTON, SC — The South Carolina Coastal Conservation League today filed a lawsuit that seeks to require federal agencies to examine a more fiscally responsible alternative to the proposed Interstate 73. The Grand Strand Expressway...
SELC: Eliminating Clean Water Protections Threatens Southern Waters
The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) released the following statement after filing comments on the EPA’s proposed suspension of the Clean Water Rule.
New Information Shows Utility Profits, Not Need, is Behind $5.5 Billion Pipeline
New information from Duke Energy shows that utility customers in North Carolina do not need the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.
Citizens Go to Federal Court over Duke Energy Coal Ash Pollution in Stokes County, Dan River Basin
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – On behalf of Appalachian Voices, the Stokes County Branch of the NAACP, and the North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, the Southern Environmental Law Center today filed in federal...
Court Orders Evaluation of Murphy-Brown Hog Operations Identified as Threats to Groundwater
Chapel Hill, N.C. –Yesterday, a federal court agreed with conservation groups represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center and ordered that industrial hog producer Murphy-Brown comply with a 2006 agreement to clean up groundwater...
New study shows Dominion is holding Virginia back
Charlottesville, VA — The approximately 30 million tons of toxic coal ash that Dominion is storing in unlined pits at four Virginia power plants could be recycled and used in building materials according to a...