2011 PRESS RELEASE ARCHIVE

First air standards slash levels of mercury and other toxins

December 21, 2011

NAS Report Validates Major Environmental, Health Concerns Raised by Uranium Mining Opponents

December 19, 2011

Plant Washington air permit doesn't meet public health standards

December 19, 2011

Conservation Groups and Forest Service Reach Agreement to Protect Old Growth Forest in Macon County

December 15, 2011

New Lease Sale Ignores BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster

December 13, 2011

Clean energy groups reach agreement with Duke Energy and Progress Energy in utilities’ merger proposal

December 12, 2011

Court rejects cement industry's attack on public health

December 9, 2011

South Carolina Approval of $650M Savannah River Deepening Challenged

December 8, 2011

Benefit of Proposed Havelock Bypass in Craven County in Question

November 22, 2011

Groups Urge Army Corps To Reject Flawed Northern Beltline Permit

November 14, 2011

The Southern Environmental Law Center welcomes Stephen O’Day as its new board chairman

November 13, 2011

U. S. Senate Vote Protects Tennessee from Other States' Air Pollution

November 10, 2011

U. S. Senate Vote Protects North Carolina from Other States' Air Pollution

November 10, 2011

U. S. Senate Vote Protects Virginia from Other States' Air Pollution

November 10, 2011

New Federal Oil Drilling Plan Ignores BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster

November 8, 2011

17th Annual Nature Writing Contest Now Underway

November 1, 2011

Groups Call for Stronger Air Protections in Titan Cement Permit

October 31, 2011

Groups File Appeal in Ongoing Challenge of Monroe Bypass

October 31, 2011

SELC Announces Anne Davis to Launch and Lead SELC's New Nashville Office

October 27, 2011

Report Shows Proposed Bypass Won't Solve Traffic Congestion on US 29

October 26, 2011

Fracking Study Must Take a Critical Look at Drilling Dangers

October 18, 2011

Known Flaws Sunk Savannah Harbor Project with South Carolina

October 4, 2011

Without Necessary Facts, VDOT Rushes Bid Request for Charlottesville Bypass

September 28, 2011

North Carolina residents breathe toxic pollution as politicians cater to major polluters

September 27, 2011

Albemarle Board’s Request on 29 Bypass Study Falls Short

September 15, 2011

Clean energy advocates say merger is a choice forward or backward

September 9, 2011

Charlottesville 29 Bypass Far From a "Done Deal"

September 8, 2011

Virginia Environmental Organizations Applaud Dominion Decision to Phase Out Two Coal Plants

September 2, 2011

Groups Call on North Carolina to Build Safer Route after Sea Reclaims Outer Banks Highway

August 29, 2011

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Backpedals on Monroe Bypass; Questions Still Remain

August 25, 2011

Federal Agency Reconsiders Approval for Monroe Bypass

August 23, 2011

Conservation Groups Denounce Approval of Coal Mine Permit

August 19, 2011

Lawsuit Challenges Clean Air Act Exemption for Biomass Burners

August 15, 2011

Groups Urge MPO to Drop Northern Beltline From Local Transportation Plan

August 9, 2011

Draft Air Permit for Titan Cement Plant Merits Scrutiny

August 5, 2011

SELC Statement on Charlottesville-Albemarle MPO Vote to Approve 29 Bypass

July 28, 2011

Report Shows 29 Bypass Would Drive Up Cost, Complexity of Berkmar Drive Extended

July 26, 2011

SELC Says Albemarle County Must Obtain Clear Commitments Before Entering 29 Bypass Deal

July 22, 2011

Fracking in N.C. Could Impact Water Supply for 2.4 Million People

July 22, 2011

Va. Transportation Board Shifts Funds to Build Controversial Charlottesville Bypass

July 20, 2011

U.S. House Tosses 40 Years of Clean Water Protections

July 13, 2011

Conservation Groups Issue Call to Action to Restore and Protect Alabama Waters

July 13, 2011

Biomass Rule Bad News for Southern Forests, Undercuts Climate Change Efforts

July 1, 2011

Governor's veto keeps N.C. coast for beach balls, not tar balls

June 30, 2011

Water Wars Ruling Exposes Lack of Water Resource Planning in Alabama

June 29, 2011

Last minute amendment provides relief to major polluters, and increased cancer risk to the public

June 15, 2011

Citizens Seek Cruise Ship Compliance to Preserve Charleston Charm

June 13, 2011

Government Approval of New Deepwater Oil Drilling Ignores Gulf Disaster

June 9, 2011

N.C. Beach Season Opens----to Oil?

May 25, 2011

CBF and Partners Go To Federal Court To Defend Bay Restoration

May 25, 2011

Court Allows Environmental Challenges to Post-Oil Spill Leases to Proceed

May 24, 2011

Virginia, North Carolina Senators Vote on Oil Bills in U.S. Senate

May 18, 2011

Roanoke River Among America's Most Endangered Rivers

May 17, 2011

Black Warrior River among America's Most Endangered Rivers

May 17, 2011

House Oil Bills Reset Stage for another Oil Spill

May 12, 2011

Statement on US House Vote to Open Virginia to Offshore Drilling (HR1230)

May 5, 2011

Local Groups Seek Voice in Proposed Coal Ash Waste Landfill Case

May 4, 2011

Voters Say Clean Environment Key to Jobs in North Carolina

April 27, 2011

New Government Guidance Clarifies Protection of U.S. Wetlands and Streams

April 27, 2011

Charleston County Says "No" to Major Bypass, Bucking a Decades-Long Transportation Trend in South Carolina

April 20, 2011

State Senators' Oil Bill Would Put NC's Coastal Tourism and Fishing Jobs at Risk

April 20, 2011

Deja Vu One Year after the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

April 14, 2011

Groups Sue ALDOT for Flawed Environmental Study on Northern Beltline

April 11, 2011

Clean Water Groups Defend State Effort to Reduce Polluted Runoff

March 24, 2011

Appalachian Mountains, Beloved and Imperiled, are Themes of 2011 Reed Writing Award Winners

March 22, 2011

Dept. of Interior’s Finding of No Significant Impact from Deep Water Drilling after the BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster

March 21, 2011

Limits on Hazardous Air Pollutants Save Lives and Protect Health

March 16, 2011

Public Meetings on Tennessee's Plan to Protect Cumberland Ridgelines from Surface Coal Mining

March 8, 2011

Politicians Muddy N.C. Creek's Clean Water Overruling Scientists

March 2, 2011

Industrial Lobbyists Stick to "Chicken Little" Rhetoric Despite Evidence of Environmental and Health Benefits of Clean Air Act

March 1, 2011

Award-winning Author Silas House Featured Speaker at SELC’s Event at the Virginia Festival of the Book

February 24, 2011

Groups Challenge State's Water Permit for Controversial Monroe Bypass as Bogus

February 22, 2011

SELC Calls on Fisheries Commission to Prevent Waste in Striped Bass Trawl Fishery

February 11, 2011

Forest Service, Environmentalists Reach Accord After Years-Long Timber Fight in North Carolina

February 8, 2011

Over 100 Virginians Expected to Tell Meeting of National Science Panel to "Keep the Ban" on Uranium Mining and Milling

February 7, 2011

Corps’ Study Shows Deepening of Savannah Harbor Unneeded and Wasteful

January 25, 2011

Groups to Defend Pollution Limits on Cement Plants

January 24, 2011

Environmental Groups Take Rosa Coal Mine Fight to Court of Appeals

January 20, 2011

Top 10 Endangered Places in the Southeast Identified by the Southern Environmental Law Center

January 19, 2011

EPA Backs Down on Controlling Greenhouse Gases from Burning Biomass

January 12, 2011

Lesson from oil spill commission: reform and better oversight needed

January 11, 2011

Pervasive problems within oil industry require reform

January 6, 2011

Paving paradise: Conservation groups react to decision on North Carolina bridge construction

January 5, 2011
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