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"A new normal"

Executive Director Jeff Gleason reflects on the already historic year of 2020

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Jeff Gleason

Patchwork drilling exemptions leave all states at risk

Trump administration ignores a united coastal opposition with its latest drilling announcement

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Sierra Weaver

SELC’s pipeline team reflects on the path to victory

Tune in for frontline stories from Norfolk in the latest podcast episode

More water, more often

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

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Inconsistent drilling statements sow coastal confusion

SELC, partners strike a deal to keep solar momentum in the Carolinas

Alabama regulators roll out first of several coal ash permits

Director’s letter: ‘The new normal’

N.C. NAACP takes Constitutional amendments case to state’s highest court

Fish and Wildlife Service violates Endangered Species Act, threatening red wolves with extinction

Trump administration’s patchwork drilling exemptions leave all states at risk

Alabama regulators dismiss challenge against utility’s solar charge, approve increase

Trump administration proposal looks to weaken Endangered Species Act

‘Progress for who?’ Phillips Community opposes highway expansion project

Lawsuit challenges EPA’s attack on the ability of states and communities to protect clean water

SELC op-ed: Great American Outdoors Act is monumental for the South

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SELC Responds to the Trump Administration

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, Stacy Shelton

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, Amelia Burnette, Patrick Hunter, Jonathan Gendzier, Mark Sabath

Protecting Our Southern Appalachian National Forests

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

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