Press Releases
Groups File Suit to Block State Air Pollution Permit for Unneeded Pee Dee Coal Plant
South Carolina’s environmental agency illegally permitted coal-fired power plant.
Virginia legislature passes energy efficiency bills
The General Assembly has passed several bills promoting energy efficiency, a chief goal of SELC and our Virginia partners. Though the bills don’t include all we had worked for, they represent an important shift toward...
Federal Court Overturns Permit for Massive Reservoir in Virginia
A federal court has overturned a permit issued by the Corps of Engineers for a massive impoundment in King William County, Virginia that would have resulted in the single largest, authorized loss of wetlands in...
EPA Determination of Unacceptable Environmental Harm Triggers Examination of PCS Phosphate Mining Expansion
Rare decision reflects the agency’s determination that the project would cause harm to a nationally important body of water.
Congress bestows permanent protection for 9 special areas in Virginia’s mountain forests
With a 285-140 vote in the U.S. House today, Congress has officially passed a bill that permanently protects more than 53,000 acres of the Jefferson National Forest in the mountains of southwest Virginia - the...
Wetlands Protection at Stake in Challenge to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
SELC has challenged a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers go-ahead to fill one of the largest remaining intact wetlands in an area near Murrells Inlet, South Carolina.
Two Virginians win SELC writing awards on themes of preserving farmland and connecting kids to nature
SELC is pleased to announce the winners of this year's Reed Environmental Writing Awards: Rick Van Noy, for A Natural Sense of Wonder, and Nicole Anderson Ellis for "Land Grab," published in Style Weekly.
Numbers Don’t Add Up for Duke’s Weak Permit
The weak pollution permit issued today from the N.C. Division of Air Quality will allow Duke Energy to continue dodging its responsibility to put the best pollution controls possible on an 800-megawatt unit addition to...
Environmental Protections Must be Upheld as Mining Expands
A permit issued by the N.C. Division of Water Quality illegally approves the largest destruction of wetlands in the state’s history by PCS Phosphate, according to papers filed by the Southern Environmental Law Center today...
US Forest Service proposes closing ORV area in North Carolina to protect water quality
In an environmental assessment issued today, the U.S. Forest Service found that muddy runoff from off-road vehicle use in the designated Tellico River ORV area in the Nantahala National Forest has caused significant and extensive...