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Coal ash cleanup victory in Virginia

Legislators from both sides of the aisle came together to pass a law that will once and for all protect Virginians from coal ash toxins in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

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Public cut from public lands under Trump order

In the midst of all the turmoil in Washington, D.C., one recent move by President Donald Trump has slipped largely under the radar.

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Tell the state to clean up industrial hog waste in North Carolina

Shelby County puts strict limits on TVA’s wells

Challenge filed over deficient water quality permit for $2.2B N.C. toll road

Public comments lead to modifications in agreement stopping Chemours’ GenX pollution

Motion filed to halt seismic blasting

Camden County, Ga. sued over documents withheld about Spaceport risks

Duke University is last piece in regional light rail puzzle

Coal ash cleanup victory in Virginia

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Air permit challenged for expansion of wood pellet manufacturing plant

Union Hill community group challenges Virginia Air Board decision

Permit to pollute withdrawn after N.C. community pushes back

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

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, Christopher K. DeScherer, Elizabeth Jones, 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, Peter Stein, Jill Kysor, Christina Andreen, Amanda Garcia, Elizabeth Jones, 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, Charmayne Staloff, 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

Coal Ash

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

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Special Announcement

Heading into 2019 with gratitude

Thank you for your generous support of SELC in 2018. You make tackling our region’s biggest polluters and most powerful political players possible. Learn More »

Winter Newsletter 2018

  • The Atlantic Coast Pipeline
  • SELC Applauds Forest Service
  • Endangered Species, Endangered Protections
  • 2018 State of Solar in the South

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