Press Releases
New EPA GenX toxicity standard highlights need to regulate PFAS pollution as a class of chemicals
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—The Environmental Protection Agency's release today of its final human health toxicity assessment for GenX underscores the importance of regulating PFAS as a class of chemicals and t...
GASP, SELC challenge Bluestone Coke air pollution
BIRMINGHAM, Al. – A state circuit court has granted GASP and the Southern Environmental Law Center’s motion to intervene filed by the groups in order to stop ongoing air pollution violations at the Bl...
SELC statement on settlement agreement in Dominion Energy rate case
RICHMOND, Va. — Today Dominion Energy, Virginia’s State Corporation Commission (SCC), and the Office of the Attorney General filed a tentative settlement agreement in Dominion’s pending base rate case...
EPA’s PFAS Roadmap includes path forged by fight to stop Chemours pollution in North Carolina
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—Following EPA’s announcement of its PFAS Roadmap today in Raleigh on the 49th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, the Southern Environmental Law Center released the following stateme...
Statement on Governor Cooper’s signing of a North Carolina energy bill, House Bill 951
CHAPEL HILL, NC—The Southern Environmental Law Center today issued the following statement by Derb Carter, senior attorney, regarding the signing of
Divided federal regulators allow new energy market to go into effect
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today a divided Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) failed to reach a consensus on a proposal by Southern utilities to create a new energy trading platform, resulting in the...
SELC statement on Community Flood Preparedness Grants funded through RGGI
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Today the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation announced grant recipients of the first round of the new Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund, which is financ...
Statement by the Southern Environmental Law Center regarding N.C. House Bill 951
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—The Southern Environmental Law Center today issued the following statement regarding N.C. House Bill 951 as announced by Governor Cooper and Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger ...
SELC statement on U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s declaration of 23 extinct species
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Today the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the extinction of 23 species. In response to the announcement, SELC Staff Attorney Ramona McGee released the following stateme...
Settlement sets new limits, improves monitoring on gas project to better protect community
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Eastern North Carolina will benefit from new operating limits and better monitoring that will provide greater protections against air pollution from a gas processing plant after a ...