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SELC founder announces 2019 retirement

Jeff Gleason, longtime deputy director, to take the helm

Court tosses outdated dam license on Alabama’s Coosa River

A federal court has unanimously ruled in favor of conservation groups by throwing out a harmful, antiquated license issued to Alabama Power.

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SELC Responds to the Trump Administration

SELC is defending the fundamental laws and policies that have been put in place to safeguard the quality of our air, water, and natural treasures.

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SELC founder announces 2019 retirement; longtime deputy director to take the helm

EPA bows to polluters with new coal ash rule

Suit filed to immediately stop ongoing GenX pollution from N.C. facility

Court tosses outdated dam license on Alabama’s Coosa River

New series explores red wolf viewpoints during critical period

SELC: Defenders of Justice

Suit voluntarily dismissed after timber sale cancelled by Cherokee National Forest

Virginia officials quietly weakened pipeline standards protecting water

Speak up for the right to speak up

New federal plan would doom world’s only wild red wolves to extinction

Study of Georgia spaceport fails to address health, safety concerns

New claims filed over deficient reviews of $2.2 billion N.C. toll road

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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

Raleigh 540 Extension Would Toll Drivers and Environment

Attorneys: Kym Hunter, Ramona McGee

Protecting Our Clean Water

Attorneys: Blan Holman, Geoff Gisler, Bill Sapp, Frank Holleman

Plant Vogtle Nuclear Expansion

Attorneys: Kurt Ebersbach, Jill Kysor, Katie Ottenweller, Stacy Shelton

Solar Initiative

Attorneys: Katie Ottenweller, Lauren J. Bowen, David Neal, Blan Holman, Gudrun Thompson, Kurt Ebersbach, Peter Stein, Jill Kysor, Christina Andreen

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

Protecting Our Southern Appalachian National Forests

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

Paving through the Croatan National Forest

Attorneys: Geoff Gisler, Kym Hunter

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, Sarah Stokes, Christina Andreen

Fracking in the Southeast

Attorneys: Mary Maclean Asbill, Greg Buppert, Kristin Davis, Nat Mund, Brooks Rainey Pearson, Gil Rogers, April Lipscomb

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SELC: Defenders of Justice

SELC is honored to be named a Defender of Justice in the litigation category for 2018 by the North Carolina Justice Center. Learn More »

Spring Newsletter 2018

  • SELC Marshals Opposition, Readies for Litigation Against Offshore Drilling
  • Defending the Public’s Voice in Forest Protection
  • Solar Advocacy in the Shadow of V.C. Summer

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