Press Releases
Press Statement: SELC and ARA Support Governor’s Announcement of Alabama Water Resources Report
The Southern Environmental Law Center and Alabama Rivers Alliance released a statement today in response to Governor Bentley’s announcement of the Alabama Water Resources Management Policy Report.
Groups Seek Prevention of More Burlington Sewage Spills into Haw River
Press Release from the Southern Environmental Law Center For Immediate Release: April 15, 2014 Contact: Kathleen Sullivan, 919-945-7106 or [email protected] Elaine Chiosso, Haw Riverkeeper,...
U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds Protections Against Toxic Air Pollution from Coal-fired Power Plants
In a major victory for people’s health, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit today upheld EPA’s Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for Power Plants – a clean air safeguard that...
Statement on State Ruling in Charleston Cruise Ship Terminal Case
Press statement by senior attorney, Blan Holman, on a state court decision regarding the cruise ship terminal proposed for downtown historic Charleston.
Coastal Groups Urge Corps to Deny Permit for Proposed Development, Cite Impacts to Wetlands
Coastal groups have submitted a comment letter urging the Savannah District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to deny a permit allowing development of over 5,500 acres of land, citing stormwater impacts to freshwater...
Living Shoreline Team Receives Funding to Develop Design Guidelines, Workshops to Preserve Coast
Government agencies, research institutions, and conservation groups are another step closer to creating a streamlined process for Alabama and Mississippi residents and contractors looking to protect against shoreline erosion.
SELC Praises South Carolina Solar Power Bill
The Southern Environmental Law Center welcomed the introduction of compromise solar bill in the South Carolina legislature this week.
US House of Representatives Votes to Virtually Eliminate Protections for Streams from Mining Waste
The Southern Environmental Law Center released the following statement in response to the U.S. House of Representatives voting 229-192 to pass H.R. 2824, which would block an upcoming rule to protect waterways from mountaintop-removal coal...
Alabama’s Biodiversity and Tennessee’s Environmental Issues Are the Focus of 2014 Reed Writing Award
Charlottesville, VA – SELC is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s Reed Environmental Writing Award, given each year to two works that exemplify the best environmental writing in the South. One award went...
Dan River Groups Seek Cleanup of Duke’s Coal Ash Pollution
The Southern Environmental Law Center today filed motions to allow four conservation groups working on the Dan River to participate in the state court enforcement action against Duke Energy for its illegal coal ash pollution...