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Supreme Court upholds Virginia’s ban on uranium mining

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Mark Sabath

TVA announces big coal ash clean up after state, SELC sue

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Amanda Garcia

Settlement promises clean up

A North Carolina lake and industrial site will cut pollution with a new stormwater system

SELC launches new podcast, Broken Ground

Listen to hear the stories of the Real Housewives of Coal Ash

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Supreme Court upholds Virginia’s ban on uranium mining

TVA faces scrutiny for polluting plans, leaky coal ash pits

SELC op-ed: Duke Energy doesn’t want you to know the truth about Sutton Lake

TVA announces big coal ash clean up after state, SELC sue

Virginia coal ash cleanup now law

More pollution found at Duke Energy coal ash sites

Settlement puts lake, industrial site on path to clean up

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Legal challenge forces N.C. wood pellet facility to install pollution controls

SELC challenges N.C. permit allowing pollution into Rocky River

Bigger ship arrives as case over neighbors’ rights heads to state’s high court

South Carolina utility regulators reject “tone deaf” Duke fee increases

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, 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, 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, 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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Spring Newsletter 2019

  • New Wilderness Areas in Cherokee National Forest
  • "We Know How to Do This"
  • Coal Ash Efforts Produce Sweeping Virginia Legislation
  • Rallying Opponents of Offshore Drilling

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