Press Releases
Conservation Groups Seek to Stop Wood Pellet Company’s Illegal Pollution of Lumber River
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—On behalf of Winyah Rivers Alliance, the Southern Environmental Law Center today notified Active Energy Renewable Power that the British-owned company must stop its unpermitted discharges of industrial stormwater into...
SELC seeks nominations for Phil Reed Environmental Writing Award
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA—The Southern Environmental Law Center is now accepting submissions for the 2021 Phillip D. Reed Environmental Writing Awards.
Lawsuit: Government illegally “cut corners” to ram through NEPA changes
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — A group of 17 environmental organizations in a lawsuit today accused the government of racing through an industry-friendly rewrite of the National Environmental Policy Act by “cutting corners” and discarding decades...
YouGov poll: Just 23% of Britons believe burning wood for electricity should be classified as ‘renewable energy’
LONDON – A new online YouGov poll has found fewer than one in four Britons (23%) think electricity generated by burning wood from forests should be classified as ‘renewable energy,’. Additionally, 55% also disagreed with...
SELC Statement on U.S. House of Representatives Passing of the Great American Outdoors Act
WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) released the following statement in response to the U.S. House of Representatives passing the Great American Outdoors Act.
Feds gut cornerstone environmental protection
ATLANTA, GA — The Trump administration in an announcement today hobbled the nation’s bedrock environmental protection, the National Environmental Policy Act, a law that has given marginalized communities a say in what happens to them...
Transparency Needed as Southern Utilities Announce Secret Talks to Create Energy Market
Today some of the region’s largest utilities revealed they have for months been engaged in talks to set up a market to sell power to each other at the wholesale level. These behind-closed doors negotiations...
Abandoned ACP is the beginning of our clean energy future
This is a victory for all communities and natural areas in the path of the pipeline—countless farms, rugged national forests, thousands of rivers and streams, and historic African-American and Native American communities.
Dominion and Duke Energy Abandon Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Today, Dominion Energy and Duke Energy announced that they are canceling the $8 billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Southern Environmental Law Center Senior Attorney Greg Buppert issued the following statement.
Flooding of Blounts Creek with Martin Marietta’s Mine Wastewater before N.C. Supreme Court
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.— On behalf of Sound Rivers and the North Carolina Coastal Federation, the Southern Environmental Law Center today filed a petition with the North Carolina Supreme Court...