Press Releases
NC Real Estate Commission to Disclose Flood History to Buyers
Real Estate Commission Finalizes New Rule to Protect Home Buyers RALEIGH, NC — The North Carolina Real Estate Commission finalized the rule to require sellers to provide potential home buyers with information about flood history and...
SELC applauds effort to reconnect and rebuild communities highways ripped apart
WASHINGTON — Today President Biden announced $3.3 billion awarded through the Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods Program to projects in over 40 states that will help reconnect and rebuild communities divided by transportation infrastructure.
World’s largest biomass wood pellet producer files for bankruptcy
Enviva, which operates polluting pellet plants across the South, made the announcement after months of financial problems. CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — This week, Enviva, the world’s largest producer of biomass wood pellets, declared Chapter 11...
Budget item would bring Virginia back into RGGI
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Today Virginia’s budget conferees included a provision in their report that would require Virginia to rejoin the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (“RGGI”). Following the announcement, Nate Benforado, Senior Attorney, issued the following...
Groups sue to stop PFAS pollution in northwest Georgia
ROME, Ga. — On behalf of Coosa River Basin Initiative, the Southern Environmental Law Center filed a lawsuit against the city of Calhoun in Federal District Court for violating federal law and allowing harmful...
Columbia carpet facility threatens rivers and drinking water sources
Groups to sue if illegal PFAS pollution not addressed COLUMBIA, S.C. — Today, the Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of Congaree Riverkeeper, warned Shaw Industries that the groups will file a lawsuit if the...
Southern Leaders take action to reduce climate risks and protect vulnerable communities
Today, Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina submitted Priority Climate Action Plans (PCAPs) as the first deliverable under the Environmental Protection Agency's Climate Pollution Reduction grant program.
Charleston Water sewage overflows threaten public health and safety
Charleston Waterkeeper intends to sue if pollution not addressed CHARLESTON, S.C. — Today, the Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of Charleston Waterkeeper, warned Charleston Water System that the groups plan to file a lawsuit...
Draft Air Permit for Hopewell AdvanSix Facility Misses the Mark
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — This week the Southern Environmental Law Center, Hopewell-Colonial Heights NAACP, Sierra Club’s Falls of the James Group, Virginia Interfaith Power & Light, and Chesapeake Bay Foundation submitted comments to the Virginia Department of...
Groundbreaking lawsuit takes aim at U.S. Forest Service’s timber targets
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — A new lawsuit alleges the U.S. Forest Service’s practice of setting ‘timber targets’ puts the climate at risk, undermines the Biden administration’s important climate goals, and violates federal law. The Southern Environmental...