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Director of Regulatory Policy Brenda Mallory nominated to head White House Council on Environmental Quality

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Seismic blasting efforts halted in Atlantic Ocean

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

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Groups urge Memphis water utility to protect wellfield and aquifer from oil pipeline threat

Groups appeal AL Public Service Commission’s approval of $1+ billion gas expansion

Trump rule reverses decades of migratory bird protections

NC considers climate change solution as communities feel impacts

Lawsuit: Stop Trump administration’s parting shot at national forests

Trump administration finalizes rule narrowing habitat protected by Endangered Species Act

Brenda Mallory on the transition

Citizens groups urge federal agency to deny permit for oil pipeline over vital aquifer

Dominion Energy’s costly expansion plans sent back to drawing board

President-elect Biden names SELC’s Director of Regulatory Policy to top environmental post

2020 trends making and braking rooftop solar in the South

SELC op-ed: A fork in the road for responsible NC hog farming

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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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