Press Releases
Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, SELC, file suit against city of Atlanta for violating Clean Water Act
ATLANTA – Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), has filed a federal lawsuit against the City of Atlanta for its ongoing pollution of the Chattahoochee River.
Jefferson County and Cahaba River Society request end to decades-long sewer consent decree
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Jefferson County Commission has reached an agreement with the Cahaba River Society, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center, to request an end to a decades-long consent decree requiring rehabilitation of...
Environmental Justice and Civil Rights advocates respond to Title VI attack from state Attorneys General
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Communities, advocates, and environmental groups working across the nation to advance environmental justice and civil rights are asking the Environmental Protection Agency to reject the Anti-Civil Rights Petition a group of 23...
Utilities commission should deny Duke Energy’s unlawful Carbon Plan proposal, advocates testify
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.— Regulated monopoly Duke Energy’s proposed Carbon Plan violates state and federal laws, includes flawed analyses that favor delaying climate action, and underinvests in no-regrets, carbon-free renewable energy resources, according to a...
Commercial Fishermen and Landowners Challenge FERC’s Approval of CP2 LNG Project in DC Circuit
WASHINGTON - Today, the Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of impacted commercial Fishermen, landowners, Fishermen Involved in Sustaining Our Heritage, and For a Better Bayou, in partnership with the Natural Resources Defense Council, challenged...
Agreement reached between EJCAN and GFL: largest landfill in North Carolina to cease pollution and address environmental injustice
Court-enforceable agreement stops PFAS pollution, addresses nuisance conditions, and funds community-led relief CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—On behalf of the Environmental Justice Community Action Network, the Southern Environmental Law Center filed a proposed, court-enforceable agreement with...
Legislative actions leave North Carolina unable to protect water and communities, groups warn EPA
Groups ask EPA to withdraw state authority over water permits CHAPEL HILL, N.C.— The Southern Environmental Law Center today filed a petition on behalf of community groups with the Environmental Protection Agency asking it...
SELC, environmental justice groups file amicus brief in support of EPA’s fine particulate air pollution standard
ATLANTA — SELC has filed an amicus brief on behalf of environmental justice groups in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in support of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s national...
Dominion moves location for proposed Chesterfield Energy Reliability Center
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — After months of speculation, Dominion recently alerted Chesterfield County residents that it plans to build the proposed Chesterfield Energy Reliability Center (CERC) at its existing Chesterfield Power Station site at Coxendale Road. It...
TVA once again raises power rates during fossil fuel spending spree
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors voted to increase its base power rates by 5.25 percent at its meeting on Thursday, the second rate hike the federal utility has authorized in...