Press Releases
Downstream Users and River Advocates Challenge Paper Mill Permit
Downstream users and river advocates today challenged a North Carolina Division of Water Quality wastewater permit that fails to require adequate reductions in color and thermal pollutants being discharged by the Blue Ridge Paper Products...
Oil industry assurances not enough
“Relying on assurances from the oil industry about the likelihood and severity of spills and their spill response capabilities is part of what led to the nation’s worst environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
Pause of Risky Deepwater Drilling Needed for Safety
The federal moratorium announced July 12 pauses risky deepwater drilling operations until safety and environmental safeguards can be assessed.
Four Environmental Groups Seek To Defend Greenhouse Gas Rule in Court
Four environmental groups, representing citizens concerned about climate change and forest resources in New England and the Southeast, filed a joint motion in federal court late yesterday to help defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's...
Gulf Oil Spill Highlights Need to Put Atlantic Coast, Eastern Gulf Off-Limits to Offshore Drilling, Groups Say
A coalition of 31 groups from New Jersey to Florida and Alabama joined forces today to tell the Obama Administration to permanently withdraw the Mid- and South Atlantic and eastern Gulf from any drilling for...
ORV Kills Nesting Sea Turtle on Cape Hatteras National Seashore
After a rare female loggerhead sea turtle was dragged and killed by an off-road vehicle while attempting to nest at night on the beaches of Cape Hatteras National Seashore, conservation groups request improved protections for...
Court Lifts Moratorium, Green Lights More Deepwater Drilling in the Gulf
Environmental groups expressed disappointment over a federal district court decision today to halt a six-month federal moratorium on new deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico that would have allowed for safety reviews after...
MMS deepwater lease sales to BP and other companies continue lax oversight say groups
The Minerals Management Service (MMS) continues to approve new leases after the Deepwater Horizon explosion that give British Petroleum and other companies the right to drill even more deepwater wells in the Gulf of Mexico...
SELC Cheers US Senate Rejection of Anti-Clean Air Act Resolution
The Southern Environmental Law Center applauds action by the U.S. Senate today voting down a proposal that would have prolonged the country's addiction to fossil fuels even as oil continues to spew into the Gulf...
Conservationists Applaud New Wilderness Bill for Tennessee
Tennessee Wild, a broad coalition of conservation organizations, praised Senators Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker today for introducing legislation to permanently protect new wilderness areas on the Cherokee National Forest.