Press Releases
SELC Statement on environmental review of Dominion offshore wind project
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Today the Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior, joined by Virginia Governor Ralph Northam and Senator Tim Kaine, announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is initiating an...
Duke Energy Bill a Money and Power Grab, Failing NC Clean Energy and Climate Goals
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The Southern Environmental Law Center today issued the following statement by senior attorney Gudrun Thompson regarding draft energy legislation circulated by North Carolina General Assembly staff following months of secret legislative...
Committee Moves Forward North Carolina Petition for Rulemaking to Limit Carbon Pollution
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The groups behind a rulemaking petition to reduce heat-trapping carbon pollution from power plants in North Carolina welcomed today’s decision by the Air Quality Committee of the N.C. Environmental Management Commission...
SELC Statement on NC Offshore Wind Announcement
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Today North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper issued an Executive Order directing investment in offshore wind, setting targets for ambitious growth in wind energy by 2040. In response to the announcement, SELC...
Biden Administration Announcement Leaves Crucial Streams, Wetlands, and Drinking Water Sources in Jeopardy
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—The Southern Environmental Law Center today released the following statement regarding the EPA’s announcement that it plans to repeal and replace a harmful, destructive rule by the prior administration that removed federal Clean...
FERC Clears Way for Action Against Alabama Regulators for Approving Discriminatory Solar Charges
WASHINGTON, D.C.– The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has declined to grant a petition asking it to initiate an enforcement action against the Alabama Public Service Commission (PSC) for allowing Alabama Power to impose punitive...
Rare Red Wolves Released in North Carolina after Federal Court Ruling
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Red wolf captive breeding facilities today announced the release of four rare red wolves into the wild in North Carolina, after conservation groups won a federal court ruling in January that...
SELC statement on bill to ban offshore drilling in the Atlantic
WASHINGTON — New Jersey Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-06) today announced his intention to file a bill to permanently protect the Atlantic Ocean from offshore drilling. In response, the Southern Environmental Law Center issued the...
Federal Regulators Delay Decision and Request More Information on Utilities’ Proposal for New Energy Market
WASHINGTON — Today the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission requested more information before ruling on a proposal by Southeastern utilities to alter the existing wholesale energy market, citing questions on price impacts, transparency, and market manipulation.
OHM, SELC Challenge Unprecedented Changes to Georgia Dredging Windows
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Today One Hundred Miles (OHM), represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), filed a challenge against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ unlawful decision to eliminate highly successful seasonal limitations on dredging...