Press Releases
SELC Lauds EPA Proposal to Strengthen Ozone Limit to Protect Health of Southerners
Consistent with the latest scientific data about the growing health threat from breathing smog pollution, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today proposed to strengthen the national limit for allowable ozone levels. The move would mean...
One Week Left to Enter SELC’s Writing Contest
The Southern Environmental Law Center is accepting submissions for the annual Phillip D. Reed Memorial Award for Outstanding Writing on the Southern Environment for one more week. The deadline for entries is January 11. Finalists...
Coalition Calls on ODEC to Make a New Year’s Resolution and Scrap Hampton Roads Power Plant
In a year when electric utilities around the country have abandoned plans for 26 coal-fired power plants because of economic and regulatory uncertainties, Virginia clean energy advocates called on Old Dominion Electric Cooperative to save...
Suit filed to protect globally rare ecosystem in Virginia
Despite opposition from fishermen, birders, local residents and two federal agencies, the Corps of Engineers illegally issued a permit for a proposed commercial marina in waters just north of Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge in...
Groups Appeal for Environmental Review of Titan Cement Plant
Groups today appealed to Wake County Superior Court for a comprehensive review of public health and environmental impacts from the proposed Titan America cement plant after a N.C. Department of Administration ruling allowed the plant...
Clean Water Groups Challenge Massive Coal Mine in Alabama’s Black Warrior Watershed
The Southern Environmental Law Center today petitioned for a hearing on a permit issued last month for a 3,255-acre coal mine in Blount County. The proposed mine would have more than 60 pollution discharge points...
N. C. Trout Breathe Easier After Court Ruling
The N.C. Court of Appeals this week upheld the state’s protective buffer for trout streams in a victory for North Carolina’s water quality, according to the SELC.
Groups Call on N. C. to Build Safer Route after Sea Reclaims Outer Banks Highway
Six conservation groups today called on the NCDOT to build a safer, less-exposed emergency route for Outer Banks residents and tourists that is not dependent on the section of Highway 12 in Pea Island National...
Court Declines to Enjoin Port for Now, But Adds Federal Defendants
A federal judge declined to enjoin construction of a container shipping terminal in North Charleston for now, but agreed to expand a lawsuit challenging approvals of the terminal to include the FHWA as a defendant.
State Panel Confirms Energy Efficiency Achievable
In a report to the General Assembly, the State Corporation Commission confirmed Monday that reducing Virginia's electricity consumption through energy efficiency and other demand-side management techniques is realistic and achievable. In its report, the commission...