Press Releases
Virginia Senate approves landmark clean cars legislation
RICHMOND, Va. — Today, the Virginia Senate approved a landmark bill to reduce car pollution and make electric vehicles more accessible in Virginia.
2021 Reed Awards Honor Great Writing About the Southeast’s Fragile Coast
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Two writers who have delved into the past and present challenges facing treasured places on the Southeast coast will receive the 2021 Phillip D. Reed Environmental Writing Awards from the Southern Environmental...
SELC & Concerned Citizen Groups Statement in Response to the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Verifying that the Byhalia Pipeline Qualifies for Nationwide Permit 12
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), Memphis Community Against the Pipeline, Protect Our Aquifer and Tennessee Chapter of the Sierra Club released the following statement in response to the U.S. Army Corps...
CHASE, SELC File Request to Halt Metro Green Construction
STONECREST, Ga. — On behalf of Citizens for a Healthy and Safe Environment (CHASE), the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) has moved for an interlocutory injunction to halt Metro Green Recycling’s construction of a solid...
Lawsuit Says Smithfield, Dominion Hid Information on Air Pollution from First Large Scale Biogas Facility in North Carolina
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — On behalf of Clean Air Carolina, the Southern Environmental Law Center today challenged in the N.C. Office of Administrative Hearings the air permit for largest biogas facility in the state that...
SELC Hopes for Change at EPA under Regan’s Leadership Based on Work in North Carolina
WASHINGTON — The Southern Environmental Law Center released the following statement by Derb Carter, director of the North Carolina offices of the Southern Environmental Law Center, in advance of the February 3 confirmation hearing regarding...
Court Rules for Rare Wild Red Wolves against USFWS
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina ruled in a case brought by the Southern Environmental Law Center that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service must develop a plan...
GASP, SELC Reach Settlement Agreement with Drummond and Regulators to Address ABC Coke Pollution
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — GASP and the Southern Environmental Law Center have made significant improvements to a consent decree to address ABC Coke’s illegal emissions of benzene and the impacts on communities around northeast Birmingham and...
SELC Statement on Rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The Southern Environmental Law Center released the following statement by Executive Director Jeff Gleason in response to President Biden’s Executive Order to rejoin the Paris Climate Agreement and start undoing other Trump...
North Carolina to Consider Climate Change Solution as Communities Feel Impacts
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—On behalf of Clean Air Carolina and the North Carolina Coastal Federation, the Southern Environmental Law Center today filed a petition for rulemaking with the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission...