Press Releases
NC NAACP Asks NC Supreme Court to Review NCGA’s Appeal of Constitutional Amendments Case
RALEIGH, N.C. – The North Carolina NAACP today asked the North Carolina Supreme Court to take up direct review...
SELC Stmt Re Duke Energy Fighting NC Coal Ash Cleanup in OAH
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.–Below is a statement from Frank Holleman, senior attorney at the Southern Environmental Law Center, regarding Duke Energy’s filing today in the state Office of Administrative Hearings opposing a N.C. Department of Environmental...
SELC Statement on Drilling Suspension
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — A temporary suspension of the Trump administration drilling plan, first reported in the Wall Street Journal after an interview with Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, is being met with cautious enthusiasm by East Coast...
Local Residents, Hunters, and Fishermen Take NCDOT to Court over Controversial Mid-Currituck Bridge
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.– Local residents from the Currituck mainland and the northern Outer Banks, along with hunters, fishermen and wildlife enthusiasts from the North Carolina Wildlife Federation today filed a lawsuit...
Broken Ground Podcast Series Unearths Environmental Stories in the South
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – In celebration of Earth Day, the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) is launching Broken Ground, a new podcast...
Virginia Carbon Reduction Plan Approved
RICHMOND, VA—Today the Virginia State Air Pollution Control Board voted to approve a cap-and-trade program created by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality that will reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants...
Groups Oppose the EPA’s Proposal to Gut the Clean Water Act
WASHINGTON, DC – Today the Southern Environmental Law Center filed comments on behalf of 80 conservation and community organizations against the EPA’s proposal to drastically reduce what waters...
Statement Regarding New NC Permit Covering 2,300 Industrial Hog Operations of Nearly 10M Hogs
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.--The Southern Environmental Law Center today released the following statement by Blakely Hildebrand, attorney at the Southern Environmental Law Center, regarding the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s issuance of...
Duke’s Refusal to Clean Up its Coal Ash Pollution Slap in the Face of N.C. Communities
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—The Southern Environmental Law Center released the following statement by Frank Holleman, senior attorney at the Southern Environmental Law Center, regarding Duke Energy’s announcement that it will fight the state order requiring it...
North Carolina Orders Duke Energy to Clean Up its Coal Ash Pollution
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality today announced it would order Duke Energy to move its coal ash stored in unlined, leaking pits at six sites across the state.