Press Releases
Bluestone Coke sued for water pollution
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Today Black Warrior Riverkeeper and GASP, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center, filed a lawsuit against Bluestone Coke for violating the Federal Clean Water Act.
Groups go to court to stop pollution of Durham creek
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – On behalf of Sound Rivers, the Southern Environmental Law Center today filed a lawsuit in federal court to stop ongoing pollution from a developer into a Durham creek, Martin Branch, which...
Settlement aims to fix bacterial growth, better protect Middle Tennessee waterway
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Harpeth Conservancy, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center, reached a settlement with the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and the Water Authority of Dickson County intended to clean up...
Dominion Energy doubles down on fossil fuels in long term plan
Utility’s resource plan leaves federal clean energy dollars on the table COLUMBIA, S.C. — This week, the South Carolina Public Service Commission heard public testimony regarding Dominion Energy South Carolina’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). Several...
Sterilization Services of Tennessee to close ethylene oxide-polluting facility in South Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — This week, the Southern Environmental Law Center and Memphis Community Against Pollution learned that Sterilization Services of Tennessee, which has been emitting toxic ethylene oxide pollution into nearby communities for more than...
Georgia Power settles with SELC on Vogtle’s final cost to ratepayers
ATLANTA — Today the Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of Georgia Interfaith Power and Light (GIPL) and Partnership for Southern Equity (PSE), agreed to settlement terms with Georgia Power that will offset rate increases...
Rule conforming to U.S. Supreme Court decision that restricted wetlands protections comes as hurricanes threaten the South
WASHINGTON–The Southern Environmental Law Center today issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers rule conforming to the May 2023 U.S. Supreme Court’s majority...
Charles River Laboratories, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, and Conservation Groups Announce Agreement to Enhance Protections for Horseshoe Crabs and Red Knots
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.; the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR); Gault Seafood, LLC; Marsh Point Farm, Inc.; and the Southern Environmental Law Center, representing Defenders of Wildlife and the...
Settlement secured protecting clean, safe drinking water for metro Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-- Today the Birmingham Water Works Board fulfilled a more than 20-year-old promise to legally protect the source of metro Birmingham’s drinking water.
Legal filing urges state to protect North Carolinians from harmful industrial pollution
Polluters, not communities, should bear the burden of pollution CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—On behalf of Cape Fear River Watch, MountainTrue, and the Yadkin Riverkeeper, the Southern Environmental Law Center today petitioned the North Carolina Environmental...