Press Releases
Southeast Communities and Governors Should Tell Trump Administration We Don’t Want Offshore Drilling
Washington D.C. – Today, the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) released the following statement after the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)...
Large coalition implores Governor McAuliffe and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to protect Virginia waters
Charlottesville, VA— The Southern Environmental Law Center, Shenandoah Valley Network, Virginia Conservation Network and more than 75 other environmental, conservation, and public advocacy groups that represent tens of thousands of Virginians...
Committee’s Vote to Delay Ozone Rules Jeopardizes Health, Stymies Years of Progress
Charlottesville, VA – A Congressional committee voted to delay tougher ozone standards...
Trump Administration’s Proposed Repeal of Clean Water Rule Poses Significant Threat to Water Quality
Washington, D.C. - The Southern Environmental Law Center released the following statement regarding today’s announcement of the Trump administration’s proposal to repeal...
SELC Requests FERC Hearing as Dominion, Duke Energy Look to Build ACP on the Backs of Customers
Charlottesville, VA- SELC is filing a motion asking that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission hold a hearing on the legitimacy of Dominion and Duke Energy’s natural gas demand claims as a basis for building the...
Court Action Seeks to Get Duke Energy Coal Ash Out of Groundwater
Chapel Hill, N.C.- The SELC, on behalf of the Roanoke River Basin Association, today filed an enforcement action in federal court against Duke Energy for its illegal plans to leave over 6 million tons of...
Federal Court Rules Conservation Groups Can Proceed with Oxford Wastewater Violation Claims
Oxford, AL- A federal court has ruled that the Southern Environmental Law Center and Coosa Riverkeeper can proceed with claims against the Oxford Tull C. Allen Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Under Pressure Duke Energy Withdraws Requests to Add Cancer-causing Pollution
Chapel Hill, N.C.- After the SELC, on behalf of the Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation and Clean Air Carolina, filed suit challenging Duke Energy’s requested permit to put more cancer-causing bromide pollution in NC rivers and drinking...
SELC on the United States’ Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Deal
Charlottesville, VA – President Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord signals deep denial both on the reality of climate change and on America’s growing clean-energy economy.
Duke Energy’s Plan to Leave Coal Ash in Groundwater and Floodplain at Roxboro Violates Law
Chapel Hill, N.C.- SELC, on behalf of the Roanoke River Basin Assoc., sent notice of its intent to enforce national standards of coal ash storage against Duke Energy’s proposed plan to keep coal ash pits...