Taxonomy Archives: Virginia
Abandoned ACP is the beginning of our clean energy future
This is a victory for all communities and natural areas in the path of the pipeline—countless farms, rugged national forests, thousands of rivers and streams, and historic African-American and Native ...
Dominion and Duke Energy abandon Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Dominion and Duke Energy Abandon Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Today, Dominion Energy and Duke Energy announced that they are canceling the $8 billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Southern Environmental Law Center Senior Attorney Greg Buppert issued the following sta...
Atlantic Coast Pipeline confronts its expiration date
SELC, joined by partners at Appalachian Mountain Advocates, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, and the law firm Johns & Counsel, opposed Dominion Energy and Duke Energy’s request for two additional years...
Broken Ground Podcast Launches New Season: Navigating Sea Level Rise in the South
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Broken Ground, a podcast by the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), launches its new season
No more “free pass” for pipeline developers
Today the full D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ended the unjust practice of tolling orders by the FERC that allowed gas pipelines to move ahead with construction while preventing challengers from contes...
Four Health and Medical Groups File Legal Action Defending Lifesaving Mercury and Air Toxics Standards
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Lung Association, American Public Health Association, and Physicians for Social Responsibility, represented by the Southern ...
SELC Statement on Senate Passing of The Great American Outdoors Act
Atlantic Coast Pipeline problems persist despite Supreme Court decision
WASHINGTON, DC— Today, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a lower court decision that limited the U.S. Forest Service’s authority to issue a permit to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP).
Trump administration environmental order could further silence vulnerable communities
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — Today the Trump administration said it will issue an executive order directing federal agencies to bypass a longstanding bedrock environmental law that protects communities