Press Releases
Asheville Coal Waste Illegally Polluting the French Broad River
Samples taken by French Broad Riverkeeper Hartwell Carson expose ongoing illegal pollution from Progress Energy Carolinas’ Asheville coal-fired power plant, prompting conservation groups today to issue a notice of impending legal action for violations of...
SELC Names Senior Attorney Cale Jaffe as Director of Charlottesville Office
The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) is pleased to announce that Senior Attorney Cale Jaffe will lead SELC’s future efforts in Virginia as the new director of its Charlottesville office.
Shooters Reported Mistaking Endangered Red Wolves for Coyotes
According to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service records, at least three of the ten endangered red wolves shot and killed in 2012 were reported by the shooters as mistaken for coyotes.
Court Rules that All State Waters Are Protected by Buffers
A state court ruled late yesterday in a case brought by conservation groups that all state waters, including wetlands, are protected under Georgia law by a 25 foot buffer, with the exception of trout...
Groups Challenge Permit Renewal for Yorktown Coal-Fired Power Station Due to Concerns over Discharge
Environmental groups have appealed the renewal of a water pollution discharge permit for the Yorktown Power Station, a coal-fired plant owned and operated by Dominion Virginia Power. According to the claims filed in the suit...
Groups in Court to Stop Groundwater Contamination from Toxic Coal Ash Waste
Conservation groups today went to court in an effort to protect North Carolina communities and groundwater from toxic coal ash contamination at 14 coal-fired power plants across the state.
Support Grows to Maintain Virginia’s Longstanding Uranium Ban
Controversial efforts to lift Virginia’s 30-year ban on uranium mining have met with growing opposition in recent days as leading legislators, municipalities and utilities, and newspapers have taken stances in support of the ban.
Horry County Court Rules Against Santee Cooper, Allowing Coal Ash Lawsuit to Proceed
An Horry County court has ruled that conservation groups represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center may go forward with a lawsuit challenging coal ash contamination at Santee Cooper’s Grainger Generating Station in Conway.
Groups Call on N.C. to Provide Reliable, Long-term Solution after Outer Banks Highway Washed Out Again
Conservation groups today call on Governor-elect Pat McCrory and state legislators to provide a less-exposed, more reliable and permanent solution for Outer Banks residents and tourists that is not dependent on the repeatedly washed out...
Court Upholds South Carolina Rights to Protect the Catawba and Wateree Rivers
The South Carolina Court of Appeals today ruled in favor of conservation groups and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) and against Duke Energy Carolinas as it upheld South Carolina’s right...