Press Releases
Atlantic Coast Pipeline confronts its expiration date
SELC, joined by partners at Appalachian Mountain Advocates, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, and the law firm Johns & Counsel, opposed Dominion Energy and Duke Energy’s request for two additional years to build to build the...
Broken Ground Podcast Launches New Season: Navigating Sea Level Rise in the South
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Broken Ground, a podcast by the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), launches its new season...
No more “free pass” for pipeline developers
Today the full D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ended the unjust practice of tolling orders by the FERC that allowed gas pipelines to move ahead with construction while preventing challengers from contesting the projects in...
Cut Carbon Not Forests: Hard-hitting Campaign Urges UK Policymakers to Build a True Clean Energy Economy and End Dirty Biomass Subsidies
LONDON – A coalition of environmental advocacy groups have launched Cut Carbon Not Forests, a hard-hitting campaign to expose the UK’s wasteful subsidies for companies that burn trees for electricity and to put pressure on policymakers...
Four Health and Medical Groups File Legal Action Defending Lifesaving Mercury and Air Toxics Standards
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Lung Association, American Public Health Association, and Physicians for Social Responsibility, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center, filed a petition for jud...
SELC Statement on Senate 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 Senate passing the Great American Outdoors Act (S. 3422). The legislation, which passed 73 to 25, signals...
Atlantic Coast Pipeline problems persist despite Supreme Court decision
WASHINGTON, DC— Today, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a lower court decision that limited the U.S. Forest Service’s authority to issue a permit to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP).
PSC Approves Alabama Power’s $1+ Billion Gas Expansion
MONTGOMERY, AL—Today the Alabama Public Service Commission voted to approve the single largest capacity increase ever proposed by Alabama Power, which will cost customers over $1.1 billion despite significant flaws in the utility's proposal.
Trump administration environmental order could further silence vulnerable communities
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — Today the Trump administration said it will issue an executive order directing federal agencies to bypass a longstanding bedrock environmental law that protects communities...
Decision to Log Forest Ignores Public Input and Science, Threatens Trout Streams
ASHEVILLE, N.C.—In a decision announced Friday, the Forest Service committed to charging ahead with irresponsible plans to log in the headwaters of the Nantahala River and Buck Creek...