Taxonomy Archives: Tennessee

SELC Challenges TVA’s Long-term Contract Decision

SELC is challenging in federal court the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) monumental decision to implement never-ending contracts designed to keep local power distributors captive customers of the f...

Nashville mayor signs letter urging Congressional climate action

SELC seeks nominations for Phil Reed Environmental Writing Award

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA—The Southern Environmental Law Center is now accepting submissions for the 2021 Phillip D. Reed Environmental Writing Awards.

Lawsuit: Government illegally “cut corners” to ram through NEPA changes

SELC Statement on U.S. House of Representatives Passing of the Great American Outdoors Act

WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) released the following statement in response to the U.S. House of Representatives passing the Great American Outdoors Act.

Feds gut cornerstone environmental protection

Transparency Needed as Southern Utilities Announce Secret Talks to Create Energy Market

Today some of the region’s largest utilities revealed they have for months been engaged in talks to set up a market to sell power to each other at the wholesale level. These behind-closed doors negoti...

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

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