Press Releases
Conservation groups sue FAA over Spaceport Camden license
WOODBINE, Ga.—Today, on behalf of the National Parks Conservation Association and One Hundred Miles, the Southern Environmental Law Center filed a complaint in federal district court challenging the Federal Aviation Administration’s...
City’s environmental review of proposed Nimmo Parkway Extension raises more questions than answers
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.—Virginia Beach officials and the Federal Highway Administration have released for public review and comment the city’s draft environmental assessment of the proposed “Nimmo Parkway Phase VII-B” road project, and a group of...
Groups File Proposed Consent Decree Forcing Cleanup of Drummond’s Maxine Mine Site
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — In a major victory for the health of the Black Warrior River, Black Warrior Riverkeeper and its attorneys, the Southern Environmental Law Center and Public Justice, have lodged a proposed Consent Decree...
Clean energy advocates react to Duke Energy’s proposed Carbon Plan
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—Several groups involved in the North Carolina Utilities Commission proceeding to develop a state plan to reduce heat-trapping carbon emissions from electricity generation—known as the Carbon Plan—reacted to a proposed plan filed...
Permit issued for massive development that would put new homes in flood-prone area, exacerbate flooding
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorized a developer’s plans to build a massive development larger than Daniel Island on the Cainhoy peninsula, a largely undeveloped tract of land that is...
Emails show TVA hid controversial coal ash disposal plans for months
Emails between state officials reveal that the Tennessee Valley Authority waited at least six months to tell the public about its plans to truck toxic coal ash to...
SELC statement on Dominion Energy filing to raise customer costs by more than $1 billion
Charlottesville, Va. — Dominion Energy requested a massive cost increase with the Virginia State Corporation Commission last week to saddle its captive customers with more than a billion dollars in new fossil fuel costs. In...
Groups file to intervene in polluters’ petition to block EPA coal ash enforcement in Georgia
WASHINGTON — Today the Southern Environmental Law Center filed a motion in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to allow the Altamaha Riverkeeper, the Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, and the Coosa River Basin...
South Carolina Public Service Commission rejects solar program that would save all utility customers $18 million
Charleston, S.C. — South Carolina’s Public Service Commission voted this week to deny Duke Energy’s petition to reconsider its application for a solar program that was expected to save South Carolinians $18 million. “This is...
CHASE statement on judge’s ruling to halt harmful operations at Metro Green site
ATLANTA — Yesterday a judge in the DeKalb County Superior Court issued a decision clarifying that Metro Green Recycling is prohibited from stockpiling and crushing concrete at its Stonecrest facility while litigation is pending. The...