Press Releases
TVA may face a third lawsuit over toxic coal ash leaking into Cumberland River
Nashville, TN—Today the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), on behalf of the Tennessee Chapter of the Sierra Club, filed a notice of intent to sue Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in federal court over violations of...
Conservation Groups Call for Improvements to Proposed Cooper Creek Timber Sale
Blairsville, GA- Conservation groups have raised concerns with the U.S. Forest Service’s latest proposal for an enormous timber sale in and around the Cooper Creek watershed in Union County, located in the Blue Ridge Ranger...
Groups Ask NCDOT to Re-Think $2.5 Billion “Complete 540” Toll Road – Most Expensive in NC History
Chapel Hill, N.C. – On behalf of Sound Rivers and Clean Air Carolina, the Southern Environmental Law Center filed comments with the North Carolina Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration asking that they take a fresh...
Environmental groups oppose delay in state lawsuit over coal ash leaking from TVA’s Gallatin power plant
Gallatin, TN- Environmental groups oppose a motion to indefinitely delay a state lawsuit against TVA over decades of toxic coal ash pollution from its Gallatin power plant along the Cumberland River upstream of Nashville, TN.
Environmental Groups File to Intervene on Duke Energy’s Proposed New Gas Plant
Asheville, N.C.—MountainTrue and the Sierra Club, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), today filed a petition to intervene in proceeding before the North Carolina Utilities Commission regarding Duke Energy’s proposed new gas-fired power...
NC Utilities Commission Issues Order on Payments to Independent Power Producers
Chapel Hill, N.C.- The NC Utilities Commission issued an order yesterday in its biennial proceeding to set the rates that the state’s monopoly electric utilities must pay when they buy power from independent power producers,...
Oil & Gas Industry Exaggerates Economic Benefit of Atlantic Offshore Drilling, New Report Finds
Charlottesville, VA- A new report reveals how an industry-sponsored report, used by drilling proponents to justify support for offshore drilling off the Southeast coast, overestimates the potential economic benefits of this risky endeavor.
Statement in Response to Enviva’s Announcement of The Enviva Conservation Fund
For the past 3 years, Dogwood Alliance, NRDC, and SELC have sounded the alarm about the widespread, destructive impacts to our forests, communities and climate caused by the rapidly expanding wood pellet industry.
Community Groups Applaud Court Decision to Uphold Uranium Mining Ban
Danville, VA—Today the U.S. District Court in Danville, VA tossed out the Virginia Uranium, Inc. (VUI) lawsuit challenging the legality of Virginia’s 33-year-old statutory ban on uranium mining. The decision affirmed the state’s authority to...
Exempting Toxic Air Polluters Raises Cumulative Health and Cancer Risks for NC Families
Chapel Hill, N.C.- The NC Department of Environmental Quality’s proposal to exempt 1,200 emitters of dangerous pollutants from limits and reporting requirements across the state ignores the local and cumulative impacts from more toxic pollution.