Press Releases
Black Warrior River among America’s Most Endangered Rivers
Pollution caused by coal mining near the Black Warrior River has landed the river on the annual list of America’s Most Endangered Rivers TM- a report issued by the conservation group American Rivers. The Black...
Roanoke River Among America’s Most Endangered Rivers
Lifting a state-wide ban on uranium mining would threaten the Roanoke River and other rivers as well as drinking water supplies in the region with radioactive pollution and toxic chemicals, American Rivers said today. The...
House Oil Bills Reset Stage for another Oil Spill
Ignoring lessons learned from the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster, the U.S. House of Representatives today passed the last of three oil company bills that continues a lax approach to risky oil company activities, according to...
Statement on US House Vote to Open Virginia to Offshore Drilling (HR1230)
The House of Representatives voted today to pass HR1230 which would, among other things, compel the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Regulation and Enforcement to offer leases for drilling offshore of Virginia within a year...
Local Groups Seek Voice in Proposed Coal Ash Waste Landfill Case
Local groups today filed a motion to intervene in the court case over Colleton County’s denial of a special exception for South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. to dump large quantities of coal ash waste...
Voters Say Clean Environment Key to Jobs in North Carolina
A strong majority of North Carolina voters says deep cuts in environmental protections proposed in a legislative budget would handicap the economy and harm the state's quality of life, according to a new poll from...
New Government Guidance Clarifies Protection of U.S. Wetlands and Streams
New guidance proposed today by the Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency would bring long-awaited and much needed clarity to the protection of our nation’s streams, wetlands, and open waters.
Charleston County Says “No” to Major Bypass, Bucking a Decades-Long Transportation Trend in South Carolina
In a historic move, Charleston County Council has voted to reject extending a major interstate highway, I-526, marking a significant step forward for South Carolina and a great success for advocates of smart growth and...
State Senators’ Oil Bill Would Put NC’s Coastal Tourism and Fishing Jobs at Risk
North Carolina Republican senators today moved to put North Carolina’s coast at risk to oil spills on the one-year anniversary of the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster despite the harm witnessed to life in and around...
Deja Vu One Year after the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
As the one-year anniversary of the deadly BP Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill nears, the Southern Environmental Law Center today called on Congress to fix systemic problems with oil drilling and the oil industry...