Press Releases
New Data Shows Proposed U.S. 460 Would Destroy Almost Four Times the Wetlands Originally Estimated
The Virginia Department of Transportation and its contractor have submitted an application for the proposed new U.S. Route 460 from Petersburg to Suffolk seeking permission to destroy 479 acres of wetlands—nearly four times the estimate...
SELC and Black Warrior Riverkeeper Challenge Flawed Northern Beltline Permit
The Southern Environmental Law Center today filed a new federal lawsuit on behalf of Black Warrior Riverkeeper, challenging a permit issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the Northern Beltline’s first phase of...
Groups Seek to Protect Endangered Red Wolves in Recovery Area from Deadly Mistaken Identity
Conservation organizations today challenged North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission’s authorization of coyote hunting—including by spotlight at night-- in the five county area of eastern North Carolina inhabited by the world’s only wild population of about...
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Virginia Attorney General’s Challenge to EPA’s Endangerment Finding
The U.S. Supreme Court today refused requests to review a lower court decision upholding the Environmental Protection Agency’s finding that greenhouse gases endanger human health and welfare.
Authority Objects to Duke Energy Blocking Access to 11,000 Acres of Wilmington Groundwater
The Cape Fear Public Utility Authority Board today objected to a provision in a proposed agreement by Duke Energy that would set a 17-square-mile area of groundwater--an area that reaches to downtown Wilmington--off-limits to the...
Forest Service Must Explore Road Alternatives at Fires Creek
Following an appeal by conservation groups, the regional office of the U.S. Forest Service ruled that the Nantahala National Forest must consider alternative routes outside of a sensitive watershed to access a private development surrounded...
Duke Coal Ash Pollution Ruining Public Drinking Water Resource in Wilmington, NC
Coal ash pollution from Duke Energy Progress’s Sutton coal-fired power plant is forcing the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority to abandon groundwater wells that now provide drinking water to the Flemington community in Wilmington.
The Northern Beltline: Still Not a Done Deal or a Good Idea
Although supporters of the controversial $5.4 billion Northern Beltline held a press conference this week to announce upcoming construction, the reality is the status of the project remains uncertain due to significant concerns about its...
Don’t Waste our Money, Don’t Destroy our History
As VDOT Rushes to Approve a Highway Through Manassas Battlefield, Coalition Delivers Nearly 4000 Petition Signatures Supporting Smarter Alternative...
Groups Appeal to Court for Reliable Route to Hatteras
Before the N.C. Department of Transportation commits public resources to building and maintaining a patchwork of bridges and highway in the Atlantic Ocean’s tidal zone and surf for the next 50 years, conservation groups today...