2012 PRESS RELEASE ARCHIVE

Support Grows to Maintain Virginia’s Longstanding Uranium Ban

December 20, 2012

Horry County Court Rules Against Santee Cooper, Allowing Coal Ash Lawsuit to Proceed

December 18, 2012

Court Upholds South Carolina Rights to Protect the Catawba and Wateree Rivers

December 12, 2012

Groups Call on N.C. to Provide Reliable, Long-term Solution after Outer Banks Highway Washed Out Again

December 12, 2012

Court Upholds Coastal Marsh Protections on Wilmington Island

December 11, 2012

New Interactive Web Tool Gives Citizens Detailed Info about South Carolina’s Toxic Coal Ash

December 10, 2012

New Interactive Web Tool Gives Citizens Detailed Info about Virginia’s Toxic Coal Ash

December 10, 2012

New Interactive Web Tool Gives Details About Southeast’s Toxic Coal Ash

December 10, 2012

Groups Demand Closer Scrutiny of Proposed $1 Billion Upgrades to Gallatin Coal Plant

December 2, 2012

Press Statement on Behalf of the Keep The Ban Coalition on Release of the 2012 Uranium Working Group Report

November 30, 2012

Conservationists celebrate landmark offshore wind lease in Virginia, warn that Congress must act fast on tax credits

November 30, 2012

18th Annual Nature Writing Contest 
Now Underway

November 28, 2012

Court Halts N.C. Spotlighting of Coyotes after 4th Endangered Red Wolf Shot

November 26, 2012

Key Virginia Transportation Law Needs Overhaul

November 25, 2012

S.C. Supreme Court Rules DHEC Overstepped Authority

November 6, 2012

Halt of N.C. Spotlighting of Coyotes Sought After Endangered Red Wolf Killed

October 23, 2012

Groups Seek Cleanup of Groundwater Poisoned by Coal Ash Contamination

October 9, 2012

Federal Court Upholds Closure of the Tellico ORV Area to Protect Brook Trout

September 18, 2012

Virginia's Obligated $75 Million to Improve Rail Service and Put Virginians Back to Work

September 18, 2012

Conservation Groups Sue to Require DHEC to Issue Santee Cooper Coal Ash Permit

September 18, 2012

Groups challenge N.C. spotlighting of coyotes near endangered red wolves

September 7, 2012

Records Set at Cape Hatteras for Tourism and Sea Turtles

August 30, 2012

Controversial Proposed Highway in Virginia Would Slice Through Civil War Battlefield as the Nation Observes Battle’s 150th Anniversary

August 28, 2012

NC Turnpike Authority sued over Garden Parkway Toll Highway

August 28, 2012

SCE&G and Riverkeeper reach agreement on coal ash storage

August 19, 2012

Federal Agency Withdraws Approval for Monroe Bypass Project

July 18, 2012

SELC Releases Go29 Video, Shines Spotlight on Better, More Cost-Effective 
Alternative to Proposed Route 29 Bypass

July 12, 2012

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Transportation Bill

July 5, 2012

Groups Act to Restore Public Review Process for Charleston Cruise Terminal

July 2, 2012

Court Unanimously Rejects NCDOT’s Monroe Bypass Appeal

June 29, 2012

Approval of merger an opportunity for the new Duke to lead on clean energy

June 29, 2012

Groups Challenge Timber Sale Near Lake Keokee

June 27, 2012

Court Rejects Virginia Attorney General’s Effort to Block Action on Climate Change

June 26, 2012

MEDIA ADVISORY Derb Carter of the Southern Environmental Law Center to testify before U. S. Senate Subcommittee on beach driving bill

June 26, 2012

North Carolina's U.S. Senators Split on Mercury Pollution

June 20, 2012

Northern Beltline a poor economic development tool for Birmingham region, new study finds

June 19, 2012

Groups Challenge Decision to Ignore Risks to Wildlife, Environment in Gulf Oil Drilling Expansion

June 18, 2012

Governor Bentley shows unprecedented leadership on water management plan for Alabama

June 17, 2012

BLM postpones controversial sale of gas leases in Alabama's Talladega National Forest

June 8, 2012

Case Filed to Protect Waccamaw River from Coal Waste’s Arsenic Contamination

June 6, 2012

Corps' Flawed Study Shows $650M Deepening of Savannah River Unnecessary and Wasteful

June 5, 2012

VDOT opens bids for design-build of controversial 29 bypass

May 11, 2012

Groups Reach Agreement in Canton Paper Mill Controversy

May 7, 2012

Court Upholds N.C. Law Limiting Location and Size of Landfills

May 3, 2012

Appeals court rules federal, state agencies illegally approved controversial NC highway

May 3, 2012

Environmental groups laud approval of energy efficiency programs, but urge more be done

May 1, 2012

Latest ALDOT study of Northern Beltline misses the mark, environmentalists say in court papers

May 1, 2012

N. C. Shirked Responsibility by Permitting Avoidable Pollution from Titan's Proposed Cement Plant and Resulting Harm to People

April 27, 2012

Hagan and Burr run over sea turtles, rare birds, pedestrians, and tourism to unleash off-road vehicles in Cape Hatteras National Seashore

April 26, 2012

New poll: Buncombe County voters want protection of air & water and job creation

April 25, 2012

BLM putting Alabama forest at risk from proposed gas fracking

April 16, 2012

N.C. case tests integrity of environmental review for major highway projects

March 21, 2012

Medical & Health Groups File Suit to Protect Limits on Mercury, Air Toxic Pollution

March 16, 2012

Conservation groups defend Cape Hatteras National Seashore

March 13, 2012

Gulf oil spill, climate change on NC's coast are the focus of 2012 Reed Writing Award winners

March 12, 2012

Groups Ask S. C. Supreme Court to Revoke Savannah Deepening Approval

March 5, 2012

New Blog Tracks All Things Transportation in Atlanta

February 22, 2012

Polluters Move to Block Landmark Mercury Protections

February 16, 2012

Study: Southeast biomass has carbon spike before long-term climate benefits

February 13, 2012

Statement from Conservation Groups on CHAPA Lawsuit Against Rules for Responsible Beach Driving in Cape Hatteras National Seashore

February 10, 2012

Corps Not Exempt from Pollution Controls on Savannah Deepening Project

February 3, 2012

Virginia Should Focus on Offshore Wind, Not Oil

February 2, 2012

Federal transportation bill would drive fiscal accountability and environmental protections into a ditch

February 1, 2012

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

January 26, 2012

General Assembly Support Needed to Continue Virginia's Successful Regional Trains

January 24, 2012

National Park Service Finally Issues Rules for Responsible Beach Driving in Cape Hatteras

January 20, 2012

SELC and Former DEQ Director Bob Burnley Respond to Gov. McDonnell’s Announcement on Uranium Mining

January 19, 2012

Agreement Cuts Pollution by Retiring Dirty, Old Coal Plants in Carolinas

January 17, 2012

Case Filed to Protect Wateree River from Coal Waste Contamination

January 12, 2012