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Union Hill has day in court

SELC argues polluting pipeline infrastructure was improperly permitted

We just sued to #ProtectCleanWater

Filing challenges administration's gutting of federal clean water protections

Project Leader

Blan Holman

Protecting Pocketbooks

Georgians weigh in as state officials consider Georgia Power's request to raise fees

Next Stop: U.S. Supreme Court

Nation's highest court agrees to hear case on permitting for the unnecessary and destructive Atlantic Coast Pipeline to cross the Appalachian Trail.

Project Leader

D.J. Gerken

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2019 trends making and braking rooftop solar in the South

Hikes that have our hearts at Shenandoah Mountain

SELC goes Above & Beyond to protect our health and environment

Google permit to triple its freshwater use upsets S.C. neighbors

Virginia’s already-approved program to cut carbon emissions needs budget restriction lifted

Cut Virginia Carbon

Alabama regulators to hold hearing on solar fee

Going Above & Beyond for a Healthy Environment for All

Filing moves to stop PFAS pollution from central N.C. wastewater treatment plants

Coal plant pollution to flow more freely under 2 new proposals

Testing shows pollution still too high at former N.C. smelting plant

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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, 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, Sarah Stokes

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Fall Newsletter 2019

  • U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Virginia Uranium Mining Ban
  • Another Court Victory Blocks Atlantic Coast Pipeline
  • SELC at Supreme Court for Third Time in a Year
  • Trump Administration Plays Politics with Endangered Species

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