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Next Stop: U.S. Supreme Court

Nation's highest court agrees to hear case on permitting for the unnecessary and destructive Atlantic Coast Pipeline to cross the Appalachian Trail.

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D.J. Gerken

The case against the Atlantic Coast Pipeline

New site lays out evidence of project's problems

Attorney testifies on administration’s attack on clean water

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Georgians: Tell the Public Service Commission to reject Georgia Power’s proposed fee hike

Multi-front attack on clean water takes aim at state authority

Iconic southern bird at risk of losing key federal protections

Agency hides red wolf info while leaving species to dwindle

Fall News, 2019

U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear case on unnecessary and destructive Atlantic Coast Pipeline

Proposed coal ash rollbacks put communities in danger

More solar would benefit Santee Cooper customers

Dominion’s proposed offshore wind project represents climate progress

Laundry list of reasons why mining next to the Okefenokee Swamp is a bad idea

Attorney testifies on administration’s attack on Clean Water Act

Spraying animal waste is bad, and worse before a hurricane

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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, 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, 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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Fall Newsletter 2019

  • U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Virginia Uranium Mining Ban
  • Another Court Victory Blocks Atlantic Coast Pipeline
  • SELC at Supreme Court for Third Time in a Year
  • Trump Administration Plays Politics with Endangered Species

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