Press Releases
OHM, SELC challenge Corps’ elimination of critical dredging protections
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Today, One Hundred Miles, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center, challenged the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ unlawful decision to eliminate seasonal limitations on dredging projects that...
SELC, GASP secure nearly $1 million penalty against Bluestone Coke plant
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — In an unprecedented step to improve air quality for Birmingham residents, GASP, the Southern Environmental Law Center, and the Jefferson County Department of Health filed a consent decree...
State agency committee report confirms Virginia is not ready for industrial-scale gold mining
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va — After nearly a year of study, a state agency committee formed as part of a work group to evaluate the impacts of gold mining on public health and safety in Virginia released...
Conservation groups applaud DEQ fine against polluting hog operation
FREMONT, N.C. — This week, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued a $34,520 penalty against White Oak Farms, an industrial hog operation in Fremont. The penalty stemmed from a May 2022 incident in...
Air Pollution Control Board advances RGGI repeal proposal
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Today, during its last meeting of 2022, Virginia’s Air Pollution Control Board advanced a proposal to remove the state from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, better known as RGGI. Virginia joined RGGI...
EPA releases new guidance for states to stop toxic PFAS pollution
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—New guidance to states issued today by the Environmental Protection Agency is critical for people’s health nationwide because it makes clear that state agencies should enforce existing law to...
North Carolina Real Estate Commission Petitioned to Disclose Flood History
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—The Southern Environmental Law Center today petitioned the North Carolina Real Estate Commission to require sellers to disclose to potential buyers information about past flood damages on behalf of...
Court declines to order release of opinion from Attorney General’s office that withdrawing Virginia from RGGI would violate law
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Yesterday the Charlottesville Circuit Court upheld the withholding of an opinion from the Attorney General’s office advising that the Youngkin administration’s efforts to withdraw Virginia from the emissions reduction program known as...
Conservation groups push state officials to better regulate wastewater discharges after bacterial bloom appears in Middle Tennessee waterway
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Last week, the Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of the Harpeth Conservancy, filed an official complaint to the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation alerting state officials...
Lawsuit challenges Army Corps decision imperiling wetlands near Okefenokee Swamp
WASHINGTON — On behalf of four conservation groups, the Southern Environmental Law Center today challenged in federal court a decision by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to unlawfully reinstate jurisdictional...