Just across the Cape Fear and Brunswick Rivers from Wilmington, North Carolina, sits Navassa, a rural, predominantly African-American town workin...
The loss of a beloved neighborhood park can cast a long shadow. Public parks help create a community’s sense of place; they’re a shared space whe...
The majority of residents in Camden County, Georgia, overwhelmingly oppose plans to rezone 1,000 acres of Cumberland Island to allow for more res...
A South Carolina court decision appears to have stripped the ability of citizens to challenge some annexations—even when the town flouted the law...
Released today, the SELC report Dismantled chronicles the trend of state officials undermining the sensible environmental policies that make Nort...
Anne Davis, managing attorney of SELC’s Nashville office, was recently named by Mayor Megan Barry to the Livable Nashville Committee—an initiativ...
As Virginia Uranium, Inc. continues refusing to take no for an answer, SELC and our partners, the Dan River Basin Association and the Roanoke Riv...
If David were to take on Goliath today, he’d want more than just a good slingshot; he’d want a good attorney. The community around Wilmington, N...
The businessmen behind a venture that proposed to develop 4,000 flood-prone acres near Columbia, South Carolina lost a final legal battle this we...
At its meeting tonight, the Charlottesville City Council adopted a welcome set of zoning changes that strikes an effective balance between protec...
Today, the U.S. Forest Service rejected developers’ preferred path for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline through the George Washington and Monongahela...
Occasionally current events provide an important perspective on SELC’s past work. This month’s devastating floods in South Carolina underscore ho...
These are challenging times. At SELC we are doing our part to keep staff and community
safe while still continuing our important work to protect our region.