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Supreme Court upholds Virginia’s ban on uranium mining

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Mark Sabath

SELC launches new podcast, Broken Ground

The latest episode follows schools riding the solar coaster as they try to tap into renewable energy savings

TVA announces big coal ash clean up after state, SELC sue

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Amanda Garcia

Settlement promises clean up

A North Carolina lake and industrial site will cut pollution with a new stormwater system

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Community and faith leaders shed light on Georgians’ energy burden

Public Service Commission delivers major clean energy wins in Georgia

Lower Cape Fear River no longer to be classified as ‘swamp waters’

Support floods in to bolster ruling invalidating 2 N.C. constitutional amendments

Carolinas object to seismic blasting

Cross-sector collaboration: Groups tackle climate change through transportation reform

SELC seeks transparency from the North Carolina Railroad Company

Defending the right to go solar

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Virginia’s climate action on carbon emissions ready for rollout, needs funding fix

Funding cut from Congress confirms growing drilling opposition

EPA pollution plan stalls progress on climate change

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

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, Anne Passino, Christina Reichert, 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, 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

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Summer Newsletter 2019

  • With Three New Victories, 250 Million Tons of Coal Ash Slated for Cleanup

  • New Leadership. Same Vision. Same Determination.

  • SELC Takes Fair Energy Demands to Georgia Regulators

  • Defending the Right to Go Solar

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