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Court Decision Keeps Reliable Outer Banks Transportation Route Moving Forward
CHAPEL HILL, NC - A federal court today ruled in favor of conservation groups represented by the SELC defending the NC DOT’s plan to provide safe, reliable transportation on Hatteras Island by moving a section...
Trump Administration Seeks to Subsidize Coal, Keep Old Plants Burning
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — President Trump is seeking to subsidize over-budget nuclear reactors and outdated coal facilities while ordering his energy secretary to halt the closures of uneconomical coal plants, turning back the clock on years...
Appeals Court Again Sides with Citizens
RICHMOND, VA — The United States Court of Appeals has rejected Kinder Morgan’s request to reconsider its April ruling in which the Court held that local citizen groups can enforce the Clean Water Act to stop...
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.