Press Releases
Jordan Lake Petition Response Raises Questions
After Durham County miscounted properties belonging to petition signatories, its announcement yesterday that a citizens’ petition is invalid without specific explanation and citizens must sue for reconsideration only raises questions, according to the SELC and...
Durham Mistake Means Protest Petition Stands
The Durham City-County Planning Department miscounted the amount of affected land owned by signatories to a protest petition and improperly invalidated a protest petition filed on October 5 ahead of the vote by the Durham...
EPA To Issue Strict Rules for U.S. Power Plant Air Toxics
The U.S. EPA agreed to adopt rules reducing toxic air pollution from the nation¹s coal- and oil-burning power plants by November 2011, according to a settlement agreement reached in a federal lawsuit brought against the...
Discharge of Fish Waste Going Under Radar in Chesapeake Bay Cleanup
In a letter to the EPA, SELC reveals major discharges of fish waste, comparable to the level of pollution discharged from D.C.'s huge Blue Plains wastewater treatment plant to the Bay. ...
New Report Calls for Swift Action to Clean Up Birmingham Air
The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) released a report today that for the first time provides a comprehensive overview of the multiple pieces of Birmingham’s air-pollution challenge in layman’s terms to better engage the broader...
Conservationists back USFS action to restore water quality in NC’s Tellico ORV area
Final decision announced today by the U.S. Forest Service as a win-win approach to resolving the problem.
15th Annual Nature Writing Contest Now Underway
SELC is now accepting submissions for the annual Phillip D. Reed Memorial Award for Outstanding Writing on the Southern Environment.
Rare Birds and Sea Turtles are Thriving in 2009 at Cape Hatteras National Seashore
As the 2009 nesting season ends at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, National Park Service reports indicate rare birds and sea turtles benefited in the second breeding season after an April 2008 consent agreement increased park...
SELC applauds introduction of forest-protection bill in Congress
Senators Mark Warner and Jim Webb of Virginia and Senator Kay Hagan of North Carolina, along with 17 members of the Southeast's congressional delegation are joining more than 150 colleagues from across the country and...
EPA CO2 Limits Overdue under Clean Air Act, but Welcome
SELC welcomed EPA's announcement on a proposal to establish nationwide standards for controlling largest sources of heat trapping gas pollutants.