Press Releases
Environmental groups file notice of appeal as fight to keep Virginia in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative continues
RICHMOND, Va. — Two months after Virginia’s Air Pollution Control Board voted to remove the state from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), environmental groups are working to stop this from happening. Today, the Virginia...
Georgia’s Plant Vogtle Unit 3 begins ‘commercial operation’
ATLANTA-- Plant Vogtle’s third nuclear unit began “commercial operation” today, more than seven years after the reactor’s original completion date of April 2016. ...
SELC celebrates release of NEPA rule that empowers climate and environmental justice action
Changes provide much-needed clarity and efficiency around process for major projects WASHINGTON — Today the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) released proposed revisions to regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), one...
SELC Senior Attorney Frank Holleman elected fellow to American College of Environmental Lawyers
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Southern Environmental Law Center is proud to announce Frank Holleman, longtime senior attorney, has joined the American College of Environmental Lawyers (ACOEL) as a fellow. Each year, ACOEL invites highly accomplished...
Shenandoah Mountain National Scenic Area legislation re-introduced in the U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON D.C. — On Thursday, Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) introduced the Shenandoah Mountain Act of 2023, which would designate more than 92,000 acres of the George Washington National Forest as...
Supreme Court allows construction of Mountain Valley Pipeline through Jefferson National Forest
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) — Today the U.S. Supreme Court granted an emergency stay of an order from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit that had halted construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline through...
Conservation Groups prepare for lawsuit over Nantahala-Pisgah Forest Plan
ASHEVILLE, N.C. —A coalition of conservation groups sent a letter to the U.S. Forest Service signaling their intent to sue unless officials fix the glaring flaws in the Nantahala-Pisgah Forest Plan that put endangered forest...
D.C. Circuit rules FERC’s approval of Southern utilities’ scheme is unlawful
WASHINGTON--Last week, the D.C. Circuit agreed with a coalition of environmental organizations, clean energy advocates, consumer advocates, and clean energy trade groups by ruling that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) had unlawfully approved the...
SELC Statement on Mountain Valley Pipeline’s Effort to Resume Construction
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – Today the company seeking to build the Mountain Valley Pipeline through steep, landslide-prone mountains in Virginia and West Virginia filed an application to the U.S. Supreme Court for an emergency stay of...
Bluestone Coke violates Clean Water Act, polluting Five Mile Creek
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Today, the Southern Environmental Law Center, representing Black Warrior Riverkeeper and GASP, warned the owners of Bluestone Coke they have 60 days to clean up water pollution from the plant and comply with the...