Press Releases
Low-cost alternatives to Monroe Bypass would help local drivers, report finds
Improvements to Highway 74 in Union County that cost less and focus benefits on local drivers are feasible and merit further study according to an engineering firm report released today by the Southern Environmental Law...
Corps’ Flawed Decision Risks Georgia’s Scenic Coastal Marshes
The Southern Environmental Law Center today challenged in federal court the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ general permit authorizing the construction of large single-family docks along the Georgia Coast that can kill its vital marsh...
Conservation Groups Urge Full Development of Virginia Offshore Wind Energy Area
In a step forward for offshore wind energy development, today the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Department of Interior announced it will lease approximately 113,000 acres off the coast of Virginia for commercial wind energy...
Conservation Groups Urge Stronger Protections for Alabama’s Coosa River as Federal License is Reis
Birmingham, AL – Conservation groups filed a federal rehearing request on July 19 over the reissued license for a series of Alabama Power hydroelectric dams on Alabama’s Coosa River. In order to reverse the dams’...
Alabama PSC meetings short on transparency and accountability
Residential and commercial customers may have gotten a small, fleeting peek behind the curtain yesterday at the final Alabama Public Service Commission proceeding on the rates and profits for the state’s largest utility, but ultimately,...
New Report: Bi-County Parkway Would Increase Congestion and Damage Manassas Battlefield
Today, a coalition of conservation, preservation, and smart growth organizations strongly questioned the overall benefit of the Virginia Department of Transportation’s (VDOT’s) proposed “Bi-County Parkway” in Loudoun and Prince William counties. The groups released an...
Federal Court Follows Science in Striking Down EPA’s Biomass Emissions Loophole
A key federal court ruling today confirmed that Clean Air Act limits on carbon dioxide pollution apply to industrial facilities that burn biomass, including tree-burning power plants.
Conservation Groups Seek to Stop Thomasville’s Sewage Pollution
Press Release from the Southern Environmental Law Center For Immediate Release: July 12, 2013 Contacts: SELC, Kathleen Sullivan, (919) 945-7106 or [email protected] Representing: Yadkin Riverkeeper©, Dean Naujoks, (336) 722-4949 or [email protected]...
Conservation Groups Seek to Stop Thomasville’s Sewage Pollution
On behalf of the Yadkin Riverkeeper, the Southern Environmental Law Center today gave notice to the City of Thomasville for violations of the federal Clean Water Act for repeatedly discharging untreated sewage from its wastewater...
Transportation Reform Takes a Step Forward in North Carolina
Today’s passage of the Strategic Mobility Formula marks the first step towards comprehensive transportation overhaul in North Carolina.