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NC Governor announces opposition to offshore drilling

Governor Roy Cooper said he had four words on offshore drilling: Not on our coast.

Trump Administration Proposes Clean Water Rule Repeal

Proposed repeal threatens water quality for nearly 20 million people in Southern states.

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Derb S. Carter, Jr.

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SELC looks to stop seismic blasting in Atlantic, a precursor to drilling

With ACP review, FERC shirks its responsibility to public interest

North Carolina Governor announces opposition to offshore drilling

Leaked draft of DOE’s power report finds grid more reliable than ever

Federal rule key in coal ash cleanups

In Charleston, new life for a heritage park

Governor celebrates milestone in Charlottesville-area Route 29 Solutions projects

SELC, partners urge EPA not to delay federal protections against coal ash pollution

Virginia pulls the plug on destructive new Route 460 proposal

Stand up and demand safe water

Facing federal budget cuts, Georgia alone cannot bear the brunt of environmental protection

Time to tell Trump administration, again, we don’t want offshore drilling

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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