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U.S. Forest Service proposing to cut public out of planning for public lands

NYTimes Op-Ed

SELC's Sam Evans weighs in on the Trump administration's plan to eliminate public voice from the management of national forests

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Sam Evans

PBS News Hour

Senior Attorney Frank Holleman calls for utilities to use modern storage to house decades of toxic coal ash waste

Federal court strikes down Atlantic Coast Pipeline permit

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Patrick Hunter

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Groundbreaking settlement agreement reached on Raleigh-area toll highway

New EPA rule limits states’ ability to protect against pollution

Solar victory in Oxford, Ga., means lower bills for rooftop solar customers

SELC challenges Siler City water quality permit

SELC shares Georgians’ concerns about proposed titanium mine near Okefenokee Swamp

Moving N.C. toward clean energy a necessary step to combat climate change

Going Above & Beyond to Protect Our Coast

SELC condemns administration plan to dismantle Endangered Species Act

New study: Burning wood from ‘sustainably managed’ forests increases carbon pollution for 40+ years

Court confirms state’s authority to require Duke Energy coal ash clean-up

Drilling opposition is truly bi-partisan, S.C. leaders say

New reports confirm Georgia Power’s coal ash pits are submerged in groundwater

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

Pollution from Industrial Animal Operations

Attorneys: Blakely Hildebrand, Geoff Gisler, Chandra Taylor, Jean Zhuang

Fighting Unnecessary Interstate 73

Attorneys: Catherine Wannamaker, Christopher K. DeScherer

Protecting Our Clean Water

Attorneys: Blan Holman, Geoff Gisler, Bill Sapp, Frank Holleman, Anne Passino, Christina Reichert, Keith Johnston, Jonathan Gendzier, Mark Sabath, Kelly Moser

Plant Vogtle Nuclear Expansion

Attorneys: Kurt Ebersbach, Jill Kysor, Stacy Shelton

Solar Initiative

Attorneys: Lauren J. Bowen, David Neal, Blan Holman, Gudrun Thompson, Kurt Ebersbach, Jill Kysor, Christina Andreen, Amanda Garcia, Hannah Coman, Will Cleveland

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, D.J. Gerken, Amelia Burnette, Patrick Hunter, Jonathan Gendzier, Mark Sabath, Emily Wyche

Protecting Our Southern Appalachian National Forests

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

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, Barry Brock, Christina Andreen, Sarah Stokes

Fracking in the Southeast

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

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"The challenges ahead are significant but the organization has never been stronger, and we are ready to go above and beyond.” Learn More »

Summer Newsletter 2019

  • With Three New Victories, 250 Million Tons of Coal Ash Slated for Cleanup

  • New Leadership. Same Vision. Same Determination.

  • SELC Takes Fair Energy Demands to Georgia Regulators

  • Defending the Right to Go Solar

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