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U.S. Court of Appeals Denies Stays for Virginia DEQ and North Carolina DEQ MVP Southgate 401 Certifications
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied motions for stay, pending judicial review, of both the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality’s (VDEQ) and the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s...
Flint Riverkeeper, SELC sue City of Griffin for failing to address sewage pollution
NEWNAN, Ga. – Today the Southern Environmental Law Center filed a Clean Water Act citizen suit on behalf of the Flint Riverkeeper against the City of Griffin for discharging polluted wastewater and sewage...
Report casts doubt on alleged need for controversial gas pipeline projects
WASHINGTON – A new report by London Economics International LLC (LEI) casts serious doubt on the alleged need for two massive methane gas pipeline projects in the Southeast—Southern Natural Gas’s South System Expansion 4 (SSE4)...
Conservation groups act to stop the City of Sumter from polluting the Pocotaligo River with toxic ‘forever chemicals’
PFAS levels in the Pocotaligo among the highest in the nation CHARLESTON, S.C. — On behalf of Winyah Rivers Alliance, the Southern Environmental Law Center today notified the City of Sumter and several...
Stokes County Walks Back Data Center Rezoning, Creating Opportunity for Better Process
DANBURY, N.C. — Walnut Cove residents and organizations involved in a lawsuit are encouraged after the Stokes County Board of Commissioners voted this week to formally void its rezoning decision and text amendment that would...
National Wildlife Federation and affiliates, National Parks Conservation Association take ‘God Squad’ to court
WASHINGTON – On behalf of the National Wildlife Federation, National Parks Conservation Association, Florida Wildlife Federation, Louisiana Wildlife Federation, and Texas Conservation Alliance, the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) filed a lawsuit to stop an...
Civil rights group sues xAI for illegal pollution from data center power plant
Elon Musk’s company is accused of violating the Clean Air Act to power its Colossus 2 data center SOUTHAVEN, Miss. — On Tuesday, NAACP sued xAI and its subsidiary, MZX Tech, for the...
Challenging EPA for failing to implement life-saving protections from soot pollution
SAN FRANCISCO – Yesterday 17 health, community, and environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to implement the strengthened 2024 national standard for particulate matter air pollution,...
Groups appeal air permit for xAI’s personal power plant in North Mississippi
SOUTHAVEN, Miss. — On Thursday, the Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of the NAACP, Young Gifted & Green, and the Safe and Sound Coalition, filed an appeal challenging the Mississippi Department of...
Safety, drinking water sources at risk as Trump administration caves to coal ash polluters
Proposal eliminates protections against coal ash fought for by southern communities after contaminated water and disastrous spills CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—Granting the wishes of politically powerful polluters, the Trump administration issued a proposed rule to eliminate common-sense, nationwide minimum safeguards that protect clean water against coal ash pollution and prevent catastrophic coal ash spills and other disasters. Communities across...