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EPA puts nation’s clean water at risk

New rule cuts protections for nearly all of U.S. wetlands and many other upstream waters

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Blan Holman

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Pipeline justice

Union Hill community wins federal case against pipeline compressor station

N.C. settlement results in largest coal ash cleanup in U.S.

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Frank Holleman

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EPA announces move to strip Clean Water Act protections

Union Hill: An Ignored History of Virginia, and America

Cut Virginia Carbon

Comments filed in massive Chattahoochee forest project

SELC op-ed: Holleman highlights communities’ role in coal ash settlement

White House works to cut public voices from big projects

Court delivers win for Union Hill citizens over Atlantic Coast Pipeline

Bill to protect Virginia wilderness passes Senate

U.S. Forest Service’s Chattahoochee National Forest management project silences public input for decades

N.C. settlement results in largest coal ash cleanup in America

Virginia joins national outdoor recreation network

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SELC Responds to the Trump Administration

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: 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 Tidwell, 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 Tidwell, Sarah Stokes

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SELC Solar Expert Appointed to Virginia Clean Energy Board

Attorney Hannah Coman joins the group tasked with strategizing how to get Virginia to its goal of carbon-free power by 2050. Learn More »

Winter Newsletter 2019/20

  • Clean Water Act on the Ground
  • Coal Company Wants to Mine Protected Lands on Cumberland Plateau
  • Union Hill's Day in Court
  • North Carolina Advancing Toward Quick Action on Strong Climate Change Plan

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