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Filing defends N.C. order requiring coal ash clean up

Duke’s refusal follows years of public outcry, pollution, crimes, and spills

SELC launches new podcast

SELC cheers “indefinite delay” in drilling plan

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Virginia Senators, Reps urged to protect Appalachian Trail

Congressman: Drilling delay a tactic to help Trump allies avoid “electoral poison”

Climate change key as national discussion around infrastructure revs up

Freedom of Information request reveals quota for cutting endangered species protections

Federal court rules Alabama coal company Drummond is violating Clean Water Act

SELC argues problematic pipeline permit again in federal court

Filing defends N.C. order requiring Duke Energy to clean up 6 coal ash sites

NC NAACP asks state Supreme Court to take up direct review of constitutional amendments case

SELC cheers “indefinite delay” in drilling plan

Fate of Virginia’s carbon reduction program lies with Governor

EPA attack on mercury rule is dangerous for the South

Local residents, hunters, and fishermen take NCDOT to court over controversial bridge to OBX

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SELC Responds to the Trump Administration

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, Christopher K. DeScherer, 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, Charmayne Staloff, 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

Coal Ash

Attorneys: Frank Holleman, John Suttles, D.J. Gerken, Greg Buppert, Deborah M. Murray, Nick Torrey, Amelia Burnette, Patrick Hunter, Jonathan Gendzier, Chris Bowers, Kurt Ebersbach, Keith Johnston, Leslie Griffith, Nate Benforado, Amanda Garcia, Anne Passino, Christina Reichert, Christina Andreen

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Spring Newsletter 2019

  • New Wilderness Areas in Cherokee National Forest
  • "We Know How to Do This"
  • Coal Ash Efforts Produce Sweeping Virginia Legislation
  • Rallying Opponents of Offshore Drilling

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