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Robeson County, N.C, warned to stop landfill’s PFAS pollution of drinking water system for 66,000 people, or face lawsuit
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — On behalf of Winyah Rivers Alliance and St. Pauls Community Association for Progress, the Southern Environmental Law Center today warned Robeson County that if the county does not stop polluting public drinking water with toxic PFAS from the Robeson County Landfill, and distributing this contaminated water...
Trump administration proposes to cut ability of states, tribes, and local communities to protect clean water, SELC says
Trump administration proposes to cut ability of states, tribes, and local communities to protect clean water, SELC says ...
SELC celebrates 25th Anniversary of Roadless Rule with Sen. Tim Kaine, Rep. Jennifer McClellan, and conservation partners
RICHMOND, Va. — On Monday, the Southern Environmental Law Center was joined by Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), Representative Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), the Virginia Wilderness Committee and conservation partners from throughout the state to celebrate the...
Landowners sue Colleton County over data center ordinance
Lawsuit says zoning ordinance violates law and threatens the treasured ACE Basin CHARLESTON, S.C. — Today, on behalf of Colleton County residents Miles Crosby and Jennifer Singleton, the Southern Environmental Law Center filed a complaint in...
Virginia DEQ approves air pollution permit for proposed gas plant
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality said yes to new gas in the state. Despite years of opposition from Chesterfield, Virginia residents, local decisionmakers, and environmental advocates, DEQ approved Dominion Energy’s air pollution application for its proposed new gas-fired power plant. The plant would be located at Dominion’s existing...
Protecting Alabama communities from rollbacks against steel industry pollution
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Community, health, and environmental groups filed a lawsuit today challenging the Trump administration’s exemptions that allow coke ovens to keep spewing harmful pollutants. Coke ovens, which superheat coal to produce coke...
PSC unanimously votes to approve Georgia Power’s data center plan without sufficient customer protections
ATLANTA — Today the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) unanimously voted to approve a historic request by Georgia Power to acquire nearly 10 gigawatts (GW) of new energy capacity to meet the needs of data centers...
Virginia Natural Gas rate hike approved despite disproportionate harm to low-income ratepayers
RICHMOND, Va. – This week the State Corporation Commission approved another utility rate hike, this time for gas distribution company Virginia Natural Gas (VNG). VNG requested the rate increase (its third in the last six years)...
SPEED Act vote is another attempt to give polluters a free pass
WASHINGTON- The House vote to approve the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act is another attack on bedrock environmental laws that give people in the South a voice to provide input into projects that could affect them and a legal path to...
Utilities regulator will reconsider approval of Dominion’s Chesterfield CPCN
RICHMOND, Va. — This week the State Corporation Commission granted reconsideration of the final order it issued previously granting Dominion Energy a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) for the utility’s proposed gas plant in Chesterfield. ...