Press Releases
North Carolina’s U.S. Senators Split on Mercury Pollution
We welcome Senator Hagan’s support today of long overdue limits on mercury and other toxic air pollution from power plants. Today’s Senate vote to uphold the limits on toxic air pollution is good news for...
Northern Beltline a poor economic development tool for Birmingham region, new study finds
The cost of the multi-billion dollar Northern Beltline highway to American and Alabama taxpayers far outweighs the potential for significant revenue, and jobs from the project are a fraction of what highway proponents have long...
Groups Challenge Decision to Ignore Risks to Wildlife, Environment in Gulf Oil Drilling Expansion
Conservation groups today filed a lawsuit in Washington, D.C., that challenges the Obama administration’s plans to increase offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico without fully addressing the risks to wildlife and the environment.
Governor Bentley shows unprecedented leadership on water management plan for Alabama
Less than a year after the Alabama Rivers Alliance and the Southern Environmental Law Center released the Alabama Water Agenda calling on state leaders to develop a comprehensive water management plan for Alabama, Governor Bentley...
BLM postpones controversial sale of gas leases in Alabama’s Talladega National Forest
The Forest Service and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management have said they are delaying the June 14 sale of gas drilling leases on almost 43,000 acres of public lands in the Talladega National Forest,...
Case Filed to Protect Waccamaw River from Coal Waste’s Arsenic Contamination
The Southern Environmental Law Center today filed suit to stop arsenic contamination of the Waccamaw River and groundwater at the Grainger facility of Santee Cooper (the South Carolina Public Service Authority) in Conway, S.C.
Corps’ Flawed Study Shows $650M Deepening of Savannah River Unnecessary and Wasteful
The Corps’ flawed final analysis shows that the proposed deepening of the Savannah River would be a $650 million waste of valuable public resources and leave the river forever dependent on giant mechanical lungs, according...
VDOT opens bids for design-build of controversial 29 bypass
VDOT officials today opened bid submittals from companies seeking to win a multi-million dollar state contract to design and build the controversial Western Bypass of U.S. 29 just north of Charlottesville.
Groups Reach Agreement in Canton Paper Mill Controversy
Establishing stricter limits on the temperature of the wastewater discharged into the Pigeon River from the paper mill in Canton, North Carolina, has enabled five conservation and river advocacy groups and downriver Cocke County, Tennessee,...
Court Upholds N.C. Law Limiting Location and Size of Landfills
The North Carolina Court of Appeals this week ruled that a 2007 law enacted by the N.C. General Assembly, which put limitations on the location and size of landfills, does not discriminate against out-of-state waste.