Southern Environmental Law Center

North Carolina orders Duke Energy to clean up its coal ash

Decision follows years of public outcry, pollution, crimes and spills

Virginia leaps forward on coal ash

New law requires excavation of all coal ash ponds in Chesapeake Bay watershed

Study: Southerners love—and want more—wilderness

New study finds overwhelming support for Southern Appalachian Wilderness.

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Broad coalition goes on record against gutting of Clean Water Act

New N.C. permit issued for industrial hog operations

Duke Energy chooses coal ash litigation over clean water and communities

EPA plan would allow more toxics in the air and water

Far-reaching public lands bill reauthorizes Land and Water Conservation Fund

Alabama Rivers Alliance awards SELC attorney 2019 “River Hero”

North Carolina orders Duke Energy to clean up its coal ash pollution

Introducing SELC’s Executive Director Jeff Gleason

After 3 years of negotiation, Forest Service compromises on timber project

Clock is ticking to save wild red wolves as species’ status confirmed

Alabama lawmakers strengthen ALDOT accountability as part of gas tax increase

Groups challenge Interior’s failure to disclose public information

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

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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