Press Releases
Plant Washington air permit doesn’t meet public health standards
The state air quality permit for Plant Washington, a proposed 850 mega-watt coal-fired power plant in Sandersville, GA, does not meet national public health standards that even 50 year old coal-fired power plants already meet,...
NAS Report Validates Major Environmental, Health Concerns Raised by Uranium Mining Opponents
The long-awaited report issued by the National Academy of Sciences today echoes numerous pitfalls with potential uranium mining, milling and waste disposal in the Commonwealth that many concerned Virginians have expressed in past months.
Conservation Groups and Forest Service Reach Agreement to Protect Old Growth Forest in Macon County
Conservation groups and the U.S. Forest Service have reached an agreement that protects an area of rare old-growth forest from logging near Franklin in the Nantahala National Forest.
New Lease Sale Ignores BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster
The federal government ignored the impact of BP’s 200 million gallon oil spill in its assessment of risks and precautions for the Gulf of Mexico before the first new lease sale since the Deepwater Horizon...
Clean energy groups reach agreement with Duke Energy and Progress Energy in utilities’ merger proposal
Clean energy groups have reached an agreement with Duke Energy and Progress Energy to address concerns the groups raised in a South Carolina Public Service Commission proceeding on the proposed merger of the two companies.
Court rejects cement industry’s attack on public health
A federal court today rejected the Portland Cement Association’s attempt to repeal public health protections provided by the Environmental Protection Agency against air pollution from portland cement kilns.
South Carolina Approval of $650M Savannah River Deepening Challenged
Georgia and South Carolina conservation groups today challenged a South Carolina agency’s approval of a $650 million project to deepen the Savannah River and warned Governor Haley not to destroy evidence concerning her office’s involvement...
Benefit of Proposed Havelock Bypass in Craven County in Question
The state Department of Transportation has presented little or no convincing evidence that the proposed Havelock Bypass of US 70 would yield actual economic benefits that might outweigh the significant potential harm to the environment,...
Groups Urge Army Corps To Reject Flawed Northern Beltline Permit
The Alabama Department of Transportation is attempting an end-run around federal law by pursuing permits for one section of the proposed Northern Beltline in the face of persistent questions about whether the beltline as a...
The Southern Environmental Law Center welcomes Stephen O’Day as its new board chairman
The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) is pleased to announce that widely respected Georgia environmental leader and attorney Stephen O’Day was just elected to be the new chairman of SELC’s Board of Trustees.