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Court stops pipeline construction

The U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in a case argued by SELC that requires all construction associated with the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to halt immediately.

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D.J. Gerken

SELC files to defend rooftop solar rights in Alabama

Citizens, conservation groups challenge Alabama Power’s unjust fees on rooftop solar customers

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Katie Ottenweller

SELC files to immediately stop GenX pollution in N.C.

After months of study and testing by DEQ, EPA, and other researchers, it has been found that Chemours has defiled the air, water, and land at a historic level.

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Geoff Gisler

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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FERC weighs whether Atlantic Coast Pipeline construction can continue

High stakes for communities, environment in infrastructure debates

Court finds key permit needed for pipeline construction invalid

SELC op-ed: Duke’s coal ash record not clean

Georgia passes modern-day fracking protections into law

SELC, partners respond as EPA looks to undermine sound science

Community rises up against N.C. timber fumigation plant

SELC, Riverkeeper file to immediately stop GenX pollution in N.C.

Voters reject funding proposal for ambitious Nashville transit plan

Dominion Energy planning stuck in the past

SELC, 16 Southeastern conservation groups urge EPA to abandon Clean Power Plan repeal

Window closing to weigh in on weakening of federal coal ash regs

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

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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Special Announcement

Hugh Irwin recognized for lifetime of service to Southern forests

SELC recently recognized Hugh Irwin's immeasurable impact on the Southern Appalachian mountains with its Southeastern Stewardship Lifetime Achievement Award. 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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