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Pipeline permit before the U.S. Supreme Court

Case to be heard Monday, Feb. 24

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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

Project Leader

Blan Holman

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

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Project Leader

Frank Holleman

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Court rules Charleston cruise-terminal neighbors must be heard

SELC op-ed: South Carolinians must fight harder than ever to protect clean water safeguards

Alabama must develop a water plan

Take action: Tell NC officials to demand Chemours clean up

SELC files to halt Trump administration attempts to gut key environmental law

Atlantic Coast Pipeline Permit before the Supreme Court

New study evaluates pathways for reducing N.C. transportation pollution

Going Above & Beyond to Build a Better Future for the South

SELC announces winners of the 2020 Phil Reed Environmental Writing Awards

DOE needs to rethink problematic landfill proposed for nuclear Superfund site

SELC op-ed: Bipartisan clean water protections gutted

Alabama groups file motion to intervene in ABC Coke consent decree

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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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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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