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We return to our office on Charlottesville's downtown mall today with grieving hearts for the lives lost and the terror inflicted this weekend.

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Victory for clean water and communities in coal ash lawsuit

A federal court ruled against the Tennessee Valley Authority for coal ash leaks at its Gallatin Fossil Plant.

SELC sues Trump administration over climate change rollback

SELC filed a lawsuit to challenge the Trump Administration’s abrupt and illegal suspension of federal provisions designed to curb climate change pollution from cars & trucks.

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Our home: Charlottesville’s heartbreak and trauma

With Governors stacked against offshore drilling, the coast has spoken

Media and advocacy coalition settles public records lawsuit

Offshore drilling plan threatens Southeast, ignores overwhelming opposition

TVA filed five motions asking the court to throw out all or part of the case and SELC filed hundreds

Army Corps’ permit for Ocean Isle Beach terminal groin challenged

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Dominion plans put profits ahead of public necessity

Persistence at Chesapeake coal ash site means Dominion must remedy ongoing arsenic pollution

2 million tons of coal ash removed from banks of Wateree River in S.C.

SELC calls for submissions for Phil Reed Environmental Writing Awards

Victory for clean water and communities in coal ash lawsuit against TVA

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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Path of the Pipeline

Rivers, streams and forests of the central Appalachian Mountains are in the crosshairs of proposed interstate gas pipeline projects.

Solar Initiative

Attorneys: Katie Chiles Ottenweller, Lauren J. Bowen, David Neal, Blan Holman, Gudrun Thompson, Kurt Ebersbach, Peter Stein, Jillian 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, Nadia Luhr, 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, Nadia Luhr

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

Coal Ash

Attorneys: Frank Holleman, John Suttles, Beth Alexander, D.J. Gerken, Greg Buppert, Deborah M. Murray, Nick Torrey, Myra Blake, Chandra Taylor, Amelia Burnette, Patrick Hunter, Jonathan Gendzier, Chris Bowers, Kurt Ebersbach, Keith Johnston, Leslie Griffith, Thomas Lodwick, Nate Benforado

Georgia Coastal Initiative

Attorneys: Bill Sapp, Helen Barnes, Megan Hinkle Huynh, April Lipscomb, Hutton Brown

Birmingham, Alabama: Northern Beltline

Attorneys: Gil Rogers, Sarah Stokes

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With efforts underway to undermine endangered species and critical habitat protections, SELC is defending our coast, wetlands, rivers, and mountain forests that harbor this region’s impressive array of wildlife. Learn More »

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Our Home: Reflecting on Charlottesville's Heartbreak and Trauma: A message from SELC's Founder and Executive Director, Rick Middleton