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Learn how SELC is leading the fight for clean air and clean water and a healthy environment for all

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Seismic blasting efforts halted in Atlantic Ocean

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SELC’s pipeline team looks back at the path to victory

Tune in for frontline stories from Norfolk in the latest podcast episode

More water, more often

Learn how SELC is working with southern communities to adapt to rising seas and a changing climate

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Appeals court affirms Smithfield’s liability for noxious odors, noise, and pests

8 ways we’re thwarting Trump’s anti-environmental agenda

South DeKalb residents challenge Metro Green Recycling facility

U.S. Forest Service finalizes rule to cut science and public input; increase logging on national forests

Conservation groups sue USFWS to save wild red wolves

N.C. adds methyl bromide to list of toxic air pollutants as result of public pressure

Beating back 4 years of bad policy and moving climate action forward

Polluting power plant in North Carolina ordered to shut down

Executive Director Jeff Gleason’s election response

Filed: Challenge to Trump administration rule allowing more toxic wastewater from coal plants

Filing aims to protect North Carolina’s waters from proposed gas pipeline

Federal proposal would remove key protections for endangered red-cockaded woodpecker

Leading the Way

The mission of the Southern Environmental Law Center is to protect the basic right to clean air, clean water, and a livable climate; to preserve our region’s natural treasures and rich biodiversity; and to provide a healthy environment for all.

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SELC Responds to the Trump Administration

Industrial Chemical Pollution in Our Water

Attorneys: Geoff Gisler, Kelly Moser, Jean Zhuang

Protecting Alabama’s Water Quality

Attorneys: Sarah Stokes, Barry Brock, Amble Johnson

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: 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

Solar Initiative

Attorneys: Lauren J. Bowen, David Neal, Gudrun Thompson, Kurt Ebersbach, Jill Kysor, Christina Andreen Tidwell, Amanda Garcia, 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, Patrick Hunter, Jonathan Gendzier, Mark Sabath

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