Press Releases
Clean Power Plan Repeal Puts Coal Profits Ahead Of Health, Ignores Accelerating Weather Dangers
Charlottesville, VA – Without offering any ideas, substitutes or leadership, the Trump-appointed EPA chief today announced plans to repeal the landmark Clean Power Plan that was meant to address climate change and the extreme weather...
Environmental Groups Reach Settlement in North Carolina Public Records Act Case
Chapel Hill, N.C.—In a major win for transparency, the Southern Environmental Law Center and Waterkeeper Alliance today announced they have reached a settlement in a dispute with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer...
Your iPhone Just Made a Multi-Billion Dollar Interstate Project Obsolete
Latta, S.C. – Car GPS systems and smart-phone apps use real-time traffic data to route drivers more quickly to destinations like Myrtle Beach, often selecting state roads over interstates. That means the boom in modern...
Duke Energy Coal Ash Pollution in Stokes County Prompts Citizens’ Step towards Federal Court
Chapel Hill, N.C.- On behalf of Appalachian Voices, the North Carolina Conference of NAACP Branches, and the Stokes County Branch of the NAACP, the Southern Environmental Law Center today sent a notice of intent to...
TVA Delays Cleanup of Unlined Leaking Coal Ash Pits with Appeal of a Federal Ruling
TVA filed an appeal today after a federal court ruled against the utility in August for allowing coal ash contamination of clean water at its Gallatin Fossil Plant.
SELC: Trump Attack on Nation’s Clean Water Protections Illegal, Dangerous
Washington, D.C. – The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), along with 63 organizations, today filed formal objections to the Trump administration’s proposed repeal of the Clean Water Rule, which safeguards streams, wetlands, and other waters...
Environmental Groups’ Statements on Duke Energy’s Announcement
Washington, D.C.- Earthjustice, Southern Environmental Law Center, and our clients are pleased that Duke Energy now says it will comply with the law.
Duke Energy Violates the Law by Hiding Critical NC Dam Safety Information
Chapel Hill, N.C. Local community groups across the country today sent Duke Energy and government authorities notices that they plan to bring enforcement actions against Duke Energy for withholding critical dam safety information.
Statement From the Southern Environmental Law Center on the UK’s Coal Phase-Out
Charlottesville, VA – An announcement from Prime Minister Theresa May that the United Kingdom will phase out coal as a power-plant fuel by 2025 is welcome news as long as clean energy, not polluting wood...
Dominion Puts Atlantic Sturgeon at Risk in the James River
Charlottesville, VA— Dominion is asking the National Marine Fisheries Service to allow it to kill thousands of endangered Atlantic sturgeon in order to continue operating its harmful and polluting Chesterfield Power Station without violating...