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SELC files public records lawsuit against EPA

SELC filed a federal lawsuit suit today against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its failure to comply with the Freedom of Information Act.

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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.

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Duke Energy announces pending release of coal ash maps after SELC files notice

Trump’s flood-rules rollback benefits construction interests at the expense of taxpayers

Virginia Office Director honored for conservation efforts

U.K.’s abandonment of coal could threaten Southern forests

Duke Energy violates the law by hiding critical dam safety information

Dominion disregards harm to James River, sturgeon in permit request

Lack of key info leads to roadblock for N.C. pipeline permit

EPA grants coal ash-polluters’ request to rethink community protections

Explore the stories of people in the path of the pipeline

Utilities ask Congress to weaken longstanding energy competition law

SELC’s Derb Carter on North Carolina’s power to protect citizens from new toxin, GenX

SELC pushes back against TVA effort to expand closed-door decision-making

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, Jill 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 Jubran Barnes, Megan Hinkle Huynh, April Lipscomb, Hutton Brown

Birmingham, Alabama: Northern Beltline

Attorneys: Gil Rogers, Sarah Stokes

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Support SELC’s wildlife protection work—and help us meet a $25K challenge

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 »

Summer Newsletter 2017

  • SELC Responds to the Trump Administration
  • Defending the Foundations of Environmental Protection
  • A Healthy Environment for All

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