Press Releases
Chemours’ Plan Doesn’t Comply with State Law
A proposed plan by Chemours under a consent order does not even attempt to comply with state law and would leave highly contaminated groundwater in the ground to pollute the Cape Fear River for decades...
Groups file lawsuit against Frontier Logistics over plastic pollution
CHARLESTON, S.C. — After submitting the required notices, and without a satisfactory response from Frontier Logistics, SELC has filed a federal lawsuit against the plastic-pellet packager and shipper asserting that the company is responsible for...
Experts Expose Flaws in AL Power’s Billion Dollar Request
MONTGOMERY, AL—Hearings concluded today before the Alabama Public Service Commission concerning Alabama Power’s petition to add nearly 2.4 gigawatts of new capacity, a proposal that will cost customers at least $1.1 billion.
Court: Charleston cruise-terminal neighbors must be heard
COLUMBIA, SC – Neighbors affected by a proposed Charleston cruise terminal’s diesel soot and traffic congestion will finally have their voices heard on the terminal’s state permits. The Supreme Court of South Carolina ruled today...
SELC moves to postpone NEPA changes over FOIA failures
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — Attorneys today moved to pump the brakes on a sweeping and industry-friendly downgrade to the National Environmental Policy Act because the Trump administration has refused to provide required public documents that would...
SELC Announces Winners of the Phil Reed Environmental Writing Awards
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA—The Southern Environmental Law Center has announced the winners of its 2020 Phillip D. Reed Environmental Writing Awards, to be presented during the Virginia Festival of the Book in March.
Gasp, SELC Seek Intervention in Flawed ABC Coke Settlement
Birmingham, AL—Conservation groups have filed a motion to intervene in ongoing efforts to approve a proposed settlement to address ABC Coke’s illegal emissions of benzene and the impacts on communities around northeast Birmingham and Tarrant,...
Trump Administration Announces Unprecedented Move to Strip Clean Water Act Protections
WASHINGTON–The Trump administration today announced its rule to gut long-established clean water protections despite opposition from hundreds of thousands of Americans.
White House works to cut public voices from big projects
The Trump administration today revealed a disastrous wish list of cuts to the nation’s bedrock environmental law — the National Environmental Policy Act — that will placate industry executives and lobbyists while stripping away the...
Union Hill Citizens Overpower Unfair Atlantic Coast Pipeline
RICHMOND, VA — Today, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals handed Friends of Buckingham, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center, a victory in their case against the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board and the...