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Public comments cause Interior to rethink National Park fee

The Interior Department received more than 100,000 comments on the proposal, nearly all of them in opposition.

Congress rejects President Trump’s infrastructure cuts

In the $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill Trump reluctantly signed, funding for the Federal Transit Administration actually increased by $1 billion.

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SELC Responds to the Trump Administration

SELC is defending the fundamental laws and policies that have been put in place to safeguard the quality of our air, water, and natural treasures.

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Appeals court sides with citizens, SELC in petroleum pipeline pollution case

SELC op-ed: New federal coal ash regulations designed for polluters

Hugh Irwin recognized for lifetime of service to Southern forests

Settlement reached in N.C. for U.S. 70 Havelock Bypass

Public comments cause Interior to rethink National Park fee hike

Citizens oppose state weakening of coal ash rules in N.C.

Congress rejects President Trump’s infrastructure cuts

New report highlights the impacts of Georgia’s energy decisions on water use

Virginia Supreme Court rules in favor of customers in Dominion solar case

Seeing the South as a place of possibility

Solar power, energy efficiency rising as answer to S.C. nuke debacle

Alabama’s draft coal ash rules fall far short

Power of the Law: Guarding our health and environment in these challenging times

SELC believes that everyone in this region deserves to breathe clean air, drink clean water, and live in a healthy environment. This nonprofit organization gets consistently impressive results because we know how to work effectively in all three branches of government—and at the national, regional, state, and local levels—to create, strengthen, and enforce the laws and policies that determine the beauty and health of our environment.  

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SELC Responds to the Trump Administration

Raleigh 540 Extension Would Toll Drivers and Environment

Attorneys: Kym Hunter, Ramona McGee

Protecting Our Clean Water

Attorneys: Blan Holman, Geoff Gisler, Bill Sapp, Sean Helle, Frank Holleman

Plant Vogtle Nuclear Expansion

Attorneys: Kurt Ebersbach, Jill Kysor, Katie Ottenweller

Solar Initiative

Attorneys: Katie Ottenweller, Lauren J. Bowen, David Neal, Blan Holman, Gudrun Thompson, Kurt Ebersbach, Peter Stein, Jill Kysor, Christina Andreen

Offshore Drilling

Attorneys: Sierra Weaver, Christopher K. DeScherer, Deborah M. Murray, Bill Sapp, Nat Mund, Derb S. Carter, Jr., Catherine Wannamaker, Mary Maclean Asbill, Brooks Rainey Pearson, Blakely Hildebrand

Risky and Unnecessary Natural Gas Pipelines Threaten Our Region

Attorneys: Greg Buppert, Gudrun Thompson, David Neal, Charmayne Staloff

Protecting Our Southern Appalachian National Forests

Attorneys: Amelia Burnette, D.J. Gerken, David W. Carr, Jr., Sam Evans, Patrick Hunter

Paving through the Croatan National Forest

Attorneys: Geoff Gisler, Kym Hunter

World’s Only Wild Red Wolves in Jeopardy

Attorneys: Sierra Weaver, Derb S. Carter, Jr., Ramona McGee

Coal Mining: A Threat to Alabama Waters

Attorneys: Catherine Wannamaker, April Lipscomb, Barry Brock

Fracking in the Southeast

Attorneys: Mary Maclean Asbill, Greg Buppert, Kristin Davis, Nat Mund, Brooks Rainey Pearson, Gil Rogers, April Lipscomb

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Hugh Irwin recognized for lifetime of service to Southern forests

SELC recently recognized Hugh Irwin's immeasurable impact on the Southern Appalachian mountains with its Southeastern Stewardship Lifetime Achievement Award. Learn More »

Winter Newsletter 2017

  • SELC Intervenes to Halt Nuclear Plant Expansion 
  • New Wilderness Bill Will Save Wild Public Lands in Virginia 
  • Keeping Music City in Motion 
  • Keeping Carcinogens Out of Our Drinking Water 
  • Duke Energy Forced to Release Coal Ash Flood Maps 

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