Press Releases
Appeals Court Sides with Citizens in Petroleum Pipeline Case
RICHMOND, VA — The United States Court of Appeals has ruled that local citizen groups can enforce the Clean Water Act to stop continuing pollution of the Savannah River watershed in Anderson County, SC, from a...
The Commonwealth Leads the South in Fighting Climate Change
The Southern Environmental Law Center has submitted comments on the Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) regulations for a carbon cap-and-trade program.
Citizen Groups Voice Concerns as NC DEQ Tries Hasty Weakening of Coal Ash Rules
Citizen groups from across the state today submitted comments objecting to parts of the NC DEQ proposed coal ash rules that would undercut the rights of NC citizens and weaken provisions of the federal coal...
Dominion loses solar case at Virginia Supreme Court
The Virginia Supreme Court has issued a decision to protect the right of Virginia companies to purchase 100 percent renewable energy, a decision that Dominion was attempting to overturn.
FERC Denies Dominion Request to Keep Cutting Trees
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission sent a strong message and denied Dominion and Atlantic Coast Pipeline developers’ request to extend their tree-cutting window to May 15, 2018.
Virginia DEQ Action Against the ACP is the Right Message
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA—Today the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality took a step in the right direction towards protecting our state waters by notifying Atlantic Coast Pipeline developers of violations of Virginia’s State Water Control Law connected...
Groups Sue for Information about Heartland Institute’s Involvement in EPA Climate Science Decisions
The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) are suing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to release information about the Heartland Institute’s efforts to attack climate science.
SCC Accepts Evidence that Pipeline Will Cost Virginians $2 Billion
The Virginia State Corporation Commission today accepted evidence that Dominion’s plans for building the Atlantic Coast Pipeline will indeed be passed on to customers in Virginia.
FERC Must Halt ACP Construction and Call Rehearing
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — Today the Southern Environmental Law Center and Appalachian Mountain Advocates on behalf of their client conservation and environmental groups asked the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to halt construction by Atlantic...
Senate Democrats’ Infrastructure Plan is a Move in the Right Direction
Today, Senate Democrats released an infrastructure plan that would establish robust funding for our nation’s infrastructure.