Press Releases
D.C. Circuit rules FERC’s approval of Southern utilities’ scheme is unlawful
WASHINGTON--Last week, the D.C. Circuit agreed with a coalition of environmental organizations, clean energy advocates, consumer advocates, and clean energy trade groups by ruling that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) had unlawfully approved the...
SELC Statement on Mountain Valley Pipeline’s Effort to Resume Construction
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – Today the company seeking to build the Mountain Valley Pipeline through steep, landslide-prone mountains in Virginia and West Virginia filed an application to the U.S. Supreme Court for an emergency stay of...
Bluestone Coke violates Clean Water Act, polluting Five Mile Creek
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Today, the Southern Environmental Law Center, representing Black Warrior Riverkeeper and GASP, warned the owners of Bluestone Coke they have 60 days to clean up water pollution from the plant and comply with the...
SELC Statement on Fourth Circuit Halting MVP Construction
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – Late yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, granted a motion to stop construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline in the Jefferson National Forest as it evaluates the legality of permit...
North Carolina legislators reconsider some dangerous provisions of polluters’ wish list H.B.600 after public outcry but persist with others
Vote expected next week on bill prohibiting cleaner technology for handling industrial hog waste in violation of federal civil rights law, handcuffing DEQ from properly regulating pollution, and suppressing local voices CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—...
New rule from U.S. Fish and Wildlife helps conserve Southern species from climate change
WASHINGTON-- This week U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published new rules on where the agency can reintroduce threatened and endangered species into the wild. Those changes will help the agency manage imperiled wildlife in the...
Environmental groups argue attempt to throw out MVP lawsuits unconstitutional
(WASHINGTON, D.C.)— Late yesterday, on behalf of The Wilderness Society, the Southern Environmental Law Center filed a brief opposing motions to dismiss from the Federal Government and a pipeline company in two cases involving the...
SELC statement on Cooper’s Farm Act veto
Bill included provision that would remove protections for half of North Carolina’s wetlands CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Today, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper vetoed the Farm Act, or Senate Bill 582,...
ALDOT plan dumps millions into failed Northern Beltline project
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-- While infrastructure around the state crumbles, the Alabama Department of Transportation continues to dump money into the failed Northern Beltline project—a proposed 52-mile bypass north of Birmingham.
Endangered Species Act changes ‘step in the right direction’ towards protecting Southern wildlife
WASHINGTON-- Today U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announced proposed changes to their regulations implementing the Endangered Species Act. These changes would reverse many of the Trump administration’s...