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Pipelines threaten hundreds of waterways in Virginia

In a stunning admission the VA Department of Environmental Quality said that it is not planning to require individual water-quality certifications.

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Greg Buppert

Virginia announces move to tackle carbon pollution

Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe took a decisive step forward to fight climate change despite environmental protections being undermined at the federal level.

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Project Leader

Will Cleveland

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SELC requests FERC hearing as Dominion, Duke Energy look to build ACP on the backs of customers

SELC Op-ed: Clean water is big business for western North Carolina

Virginia Beach votes to oppose offshore drilling

Federal court rules SELC, partner can proceed with Oxford wastewater violations claims

Under pressure, Duke Energy withdraws requests to add cancer-causing pollution to N.C. water

Camden Commissioners vote to delay decision on Cumberland Island rezoning

Fact-checking DOE Secretary Rick Perry’s renewable energy inquiry

Leaders across the region step up on climate action

Trump administration gets closer to Atlantic seismic blasting with exemptions for marine life harm

“Our region must act, and must act now.”

Transitions in Nashville

Duke Energy’s plan to leave coal ash in groundwater, floodplain violates federal law, groups say

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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Solar Initiative

Attorneys: Katie Chiles Ottenweller, Lauren J. Bowen, David Neal, Blan Holman, Gudrun Thompson, Kurt Ebersbach, Peter Stein, Jillian 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: D.J. Gerken, David W. Carr, Jr., Sam Evans, Patrick Hunter

Paving through the Croatan National Forest

Attorneys: Geoff Gisler, Kym Hunter, Nadia Luhr

Coal Mining: A Threat to Alabama Waters

Attorneys: Catherine Wannamaker, April Lipscomb, Barry Brock

Fracking in the Southeast

Attorneys: Mary Maclean Asbill, Greg Buppert, Anne Davis, 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, Anne Davis, Patrick Hunter, Jonathan Gendzier, Chris Bowers, Kurt Ebersbach, Keith Johnston, Leslie Griffith, Thomas Lodwick, Nate Benforado

Birmingham, Alabama: Northern Beltline

Attorneys: Gil Rogers, Sarah Stokes

Uranium Mining - A Risky Experiment

Attorneys: Will Cleveland

Restoring the Harpeth River

Attorneys: Anne Davis, Anne Passino

Biomass Energy in the South

Attorneys: David W. Carr, Jr., Derb S. Carter, Jr., Frank Rambo, Myra Blake

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Transitions in Nashville

At the end of June, Managing Attorney Anne Davis will be leaving SELC in order to focus her energies on her husband Karl Dean’s campaign to become the next Governor of Tennessee. Learn More »

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  • Alabama Suit Targets Wastewater Treatment Plant Pollution
  • Developers Seek Beach-Hardening Structures

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