2006 Press Releases
- Beaufort residents to voice concerns over wetland destruction project
- December 14
- Federal wildlife agency won’t list disappearing Eastern songbird as ‘threatened’ species
- December 5
- A statement from the Southern Environmental Law Center concerning Duke Energy’s revised cost estimate of its proposed Cliffside power plant expansion
- November 16
- North Carolina issues strong mercury protections from coal-fired power plants
- November 9
- Corps of Engineers Faces Suit for Allowing the Illegal Harvest of Cypress Trees in South Georgia
- November 9
- Recently published study refutes Bush administration claims on mercury; Highly anticipated “Steubenville study” published this month in national scientific journal
- October 3
- Statement regarding court ruling protecting “roadless” areas on America’s national forests, including 723,000 acres in the Southern Appalachians
- September 20
- Charlottesville City Council urged to scale back plans for 250-Meadowcreek Parkway interchange
- September 18
- Lawsuit Filed to Stop Santee Swamp Bridge
- September 12
- Endangered red wolf population identified at Navy's proposed OLF site
- August 30
- SELC statement regarding decision by Forest Service Chief to uphold Bush Administration plans for managing five Southern Appalachian national forests
- August 8
- Atlanta won’t meet 2007 air quality deadline
- August 1
- Supreme Court receives arguments in national clean air case
- July 21
- Groups sue Army Corps to stop reservoir project in coastal Virginia
- July 17
- EPA sued for failing to protect NC citizens from other states' pollution
- June 27
- Cumberland Island-area development case to be decided in Fulton County
- June 26
- Alabama river groups take legal action to defend local governments’ authority to protect water quality
- June 20
- Modern-day Walden writer and veteran South Carolina journalist are this year’s winners of SELC writing award
- June 1
- Timber sales in Cherokee National Forest ruled illegal
- May 31
- State proposal doesn't solve Charlotte's mercury problem
- May 25
- U.S. Supreme Court takes up case against Duke Energy
- May 15
- Court suspends logging project in Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee
- May 10
- Albemarle Couinty reaching retail overload: SELC report shows development trends, calls for steps to limit impacts
- May 1
- Southern national forests disproportionately targeted for land sales
- May 1
- A statement from SELC on Gov. Sanford's petition to protect South Carolina roadless areas
- April 19
- State expands fish advisories to include largemouth bass caught statewide and other species
- April 13
- Kaine amends mercury trading bill to add stronger mercury protections
- April 12
- National Park Service ends comment period on road through the Great Smokies; SELC releases economic report
- April 7
- Groups reach settlement with state, industry that better protects water quality, public health in Georgia
- March 16
- EPA fails to protect NC citizens from other states' pollution
- March 16
- A statement from SELC on Gov. Easley's petition to protect North Carolina 'roadless' areas
- March 9
- Pork barrel bridge wastes scarce road money, will delay needed projects
- March 6
- Realtors®, conservationists come together to support wetlands protection bill
- March 2
- Over 250,000 citizens, joined by Olympic athletes, petition US Forest Service to reinstate protections for national forest 'roadles' areas
- March 2
- National Forest land "bake sale" short-shrifts Southern states
- February 28
- Conservationists sue federal government to save songbird rapidly disappearing from Eastern forests
- February 28
- Joint statement from SELC and Environmental Defense to commend NC Attorney General Cooper for filing suit against TVA
- January 26
- Port Project Threatens Charleston Air Public Health, Federal Highway Funds at Risk under Port Expansion Proposal (SC)
- January 26
- Great Smokies conservationists seek end to wasting money on proposed road through national park
- January 4
