Press Releases
Virginia Attorney General Supports Local Authority Over Fracking
Fredericksburg, VA—Today Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring released an opinion confirming a locality’s ability to use its land use and zoning authority to prohibit shale gas development, also known as fracking. The opinion also confirms...
Duke Energy to Clean Up Robinson, S.C.
Chapel Hill, N.C.- After the SELC and Coastal Conservation League disclosed arsenic pollution and the dumping of low-level radioactive waste at the site, Duke Energy today announced it would clean up its coal ash stored...
No Need to Disrupt Thriving Wildlife and Tourism at Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Chapel Hill, N.C.- The proven track record of both beach-nesting wildlife and tourism thriving in CHNS under successful National Park Service management of off-road vehicles should not be disrupted.
Groups Appeal DENR and Titan’s Attempt to Eliminate Citizens’ Right to Challenge Unlawful Pollution
Chapel Hill, N.C.— On behalf of conservation groups, the Southern Environmental Law Center today appealed a lower court decision that would curtail citizens’ rights to challenge state approval of harmful pollution from large industrial polluters—like...
Yadkin Riverkeeper challenges water quality permit for the $850 million Bypass
Charlotte, N.C.- SELC today filed a lawsuit in the Office of Administrative hearings on behalf of the Yadkin Riverkeeper, that challenges a state water quality permit for the $850 million Monroe Bypass.
SELC Calls on Administration: Heed Lessons from BP Spill, Reverse Plan to Drill in Atlantic
On the fifth anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon blowout and subsequent 89-day oil spill, the Southern Environmental Law Center released the following statement calling on the Administration to reverse plans to open the mid- and...
Conservation Groups Appeal Court Approval of Blounts Creek’s Destruction
Chapel Hill, N.C.-Conservation groups today appealed an earlier court ruling that would allow a proposed Martin Marietta mine to destroy a popular fishing creek in eastern NC with wastewater from the mine and eliminate the...
Statement from the Southern Environmental Law Center on Federal Bill to Strip Coal Ash Protections
Statement from Frank Holleman, Senior Attorney at the Southern Environmental Law Center: “Rep. David McKinley's bill would dismantle the EPA’s recently announced coal ash protections, put public health and safety at risk by stripping the...
Conservation Groups File Lawsuit Against TVA Over Coal Ash Pollution at Gallatin Plant
Gallatin, TN – Today the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), filed a lawsuit in federal court on behalf of the Tennessee Scenic Rivers Association (TSRA) and the Tennessee Clean Water Network (TCWN)...
Statement from the Southern Environmental Law Center on Proposed Offshore Drilling Rules
The Southern Environmental Law Center released the following statement in response to the Department of Interior’s proposed offshore drilling rules: “Fully five years after the BP Deepwater Horizon catastrophe, the Department of Interior has finally...