Press Releases
SELC, Coosa Riverkeeper Intervene in ADEM Suit over Oxford Wastewater Pollution
Birmingham, AL- SELC and Coosa Riverkeeper have filed a motion to intervene in the Alabama Department of Environmental Management’s suit against the Tull C. Allen Wastewater Treatment Plant in Oxford, Alabama.
Court Rules in Favor of Conservation Groups’ Challenge to Pulp Mill Pollution Discharge Permit
Atlanta, GA- A state administrative court has ruled in favor of conservation groups challenging a pulp mill’s visible, foul-smelling pollution of the Altamaha River in southeast Georgia.
Court Stops U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service from Capturing and Killing Wild Red Wolves
Chapel Hill, N.C.- The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina today issued a preliminary injunction that orders the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to stop capturing and killing of wild red...
Conservation Groups Appeal Decision Allowing Sea Island Groin Construction
Atlanta, GA- SELC representing One Hundred Miles filed an appeal today after a state administrative court denied the groups’ petition last month challenging the issuance of a permit for construction of a groin on Sea...
Study: Proposed Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines Not Needed
Afton, VA – A new study of the mid-Atlantic’s demand for natural gas reveals that two proposed and highly controversial interstate pipelines are not needed because existing pipelines can supply more than enough fuel to...
Settlement to Offset Harm from Monroe Bypass
Chapel Hill, N.C.- The Yadkin Riverkeeper, a nonprofit conservation group represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center, today announced a million-dollar settlement with the North Carolina Departments of Transportation and Environmental Quality to conserve land...
Groups Sue Drummond over Abandoned Mine’s Pollution of the Locust Fork
Birmingham, AL- Conservation groups have filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama against Drummond Company for violations at its Maxine Mine site.
North Carolina DEQ Seeks to Permit Duke Energy’s Leaks of Coal Ash Polluted Wastewater
Chapel Hill, N.C.—Three new permits proposed by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality to allow Duke Energy once more to pollute the Roanoke River Basin with polluted wastewater —the same river basin where Duke...
Southern Environmental Law Center Announces Senior Attorney Gil Rogers as Director of Georgia
Atlanta, GA-The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) is pleased to announce that Senior Attorney Gil Rogers will lead SELC’s future efforts as the new director of its Georgia and Alabama offices.
Virginia County Votes to use Land Authority to Restrict Oil and Gas Development
King George County, VA – The county Board of Supervisors tonight voted to protect its residents and its landscape by restricting where in the county oil and gas exploration, including hydraulic fracturing or “fracking,” could occur. Using...