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Federal court throws out another key pipeline permit

The ruling entered by a panel of three judges means that Dominion no longer has the permit needed to drill under the Blue Ridge Parkway.

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D.J. Gerken

Groups challenge legislature’s unconstitutional power grab

The suit challenges the North Carolina's legislature’s efforts to place four state constitutional amendments on the ballot this November.

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Kym Hunter

SELC founder announces 2019 retirement

Jeff Gleason, longtime deputy director, to take the helm

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SELC, partners push back on attempts to weaken offshore drilling safety rules

Public, politicians, scientists, and conservationists oppose rule threatening red wolf recovery

Federal court throws out another key pipeline permit

Filed: N.C. groups challenge legislature’s unconstitutional power grab

Trump administration releases destructive rollback of clean car standards

SELC calls for submissions for Phil Reed Environmental Writing Awards

Infrastructure proposal undermines key environmental safeguards

SELC appeals harmful clean water injunction

Alabama Power doubles down, increases unjust solar charge

SELC founder announces 2019 retirement; longtime deputy director to take the helm

EPA bows to polluters with new coal ash rule

Suit filed to immediately stop ongoing GenX pollution from N.C. facility

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SELC Responds to the Trump Administration

Protecting Our Clean Water

Attorneys: Blan Holman, Geoff Gisler, Bill Sapp, Frank Holleman, Anne Passino, Christina Reichert

Plant Vogtle Nuclear Expansion

Attorneys: Kurt Ebersbach, Jill Kysor, Katie Ottenweller, Stacy Shelton

Solar Initiative

Attorneys: Katie Ottenweller, Lauren J. Bowen, David Neal, Blan Holman, Gudrun Thompson, Kurt Ebersbach, Peter Stein, Jill Kysor, Christina Andreen, Amanda Garcia

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, Charmayne Staloff

Protecting Our Southern Appalachian National Forests

Attorneys: Amelia Burnette, D.J. Gerken, David W. Carr, Jr., Sam Evans, Patrick Hunter, Anne Passino

Paving through the Croatan National Forest

Attorneys: Geoff Gisler, Kym Hunter

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, Sarah Stokes, Christina Andreen

Fracking in the Southeast

Attorneys: Mary Maclean Asbill, Greg Buppert, Kristin Davis, Nat Mund, Brooks Rainey Pearson, Gil Rogers, April Lipscomb

Coal Ash

Attorneys: Frank Holleman, John Suttles, D.J. Gerken, Greg Buppert, Deborah M. Murray, Nick Torrey, Myra Blake, Chandra Taylor, Amelia Burnette, Patrick Hunter, Jonathan Gendzier, Chris Bowers, Kurt Ebersbach, Keith Johnston, Leslie Griffith, Nate Benforado, Amanda Garcia, Anne Passino, Christina Reichert

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Special Announcement

SELC calls for submissions for Phil Reed Environmental Writing Awards

SELC is now accepting submissions for the 2019 Phillip D. Reed Environmental Writing Awards. Nominations are welcome from anyone, including readers, authors, and publishers. Learn More »

Spring Newsletter 2018

  • SELC Marshals Opposition, Readies for Litigation Against Offshore Drilling
  • Defending the Public’s Voice in Forest Protection
  • Solar Advocacy in the Shadow of V.C. Summer

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