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Senate passes Great American Outdoors Act

Fight continues against Atlantic Coast Pipeline

8 permits still unresolved following Supreme Court decision

Landfill proposal threatens rural community, historic school

Years of fierce fighting end with floodplain preserved

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Reminder of hope for endangered wild red wolves

Flooding of Blounts Creek with Martin Marietta’s mine wastewater before N.C. Supreme Court

SELC updates hurricane report after two record-breaking storm seasons

New podcast season navigates sea level rise in the South

Regional impact: Critical permit for pipelines vacated

Southeastern groups join states and regulators in defending solar net metering programs

Biomass for British power is stripping southern forests

SELC takes on EPA mercury ruling on behalf of health organizations

Senate passes Great American Outdoors Act

The future of the Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests depends on us

G.A. Public Service Commission fails to protect customers from utility shut-offs

Atlantic Coast Pipeline problems persist despite Supreme Court decision

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SELC Responds to the Trump Administration

The Changing Coast

Attorneys: Christopher K. DeScherer, Sierra Weaver, Blakely Hildebrand, Morgan Butler, Jenny Brennan

Carbon cap-and-trade: A simple and proven climate solution for Virginia

Attorneys: Nate Benforado

Pollution from Industrial Animal Operations

Attorneys: Blakely Hildebrand, Geoff Gisler, Chandra Taylor, Jean Zhuang

Fighting Unnecessary Interstate 73

Attorneys: Catherine Wannamaker, Christopher K. DeScherer

Protecting Our Clean Water

Attorneys: Blan Holman, Geoff Gisler, Bill Sapp, Frank Holleman, Keith Johnston, Jonathan Gendzier, Mark Sabath, Kelly Moser

A More Equitable Energy Future for Georgia

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 Tidwell, 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, 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, Kristin Davis

World’s Only Wild Red Wolves in Jeopardy

Attorneys: Sierra Weaver, Derb S. Carter, Jr., Ramona McGee

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