Press Releases
Environmental Groups Point the Way to Mercury Pollution
Today, a coalition of public health and environmental groups filed a lawsuit in federal court here, seeking a firm and enforceable new deadline for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to require deep reductions in mercury and...
Duke Requests Dubious Permits for Cliffside
Fresh from a court order forcing Duke Energy to comply with the Clean Air Act limiting air pollution from the 800-megawatt addition to its Cliffside coal-fired power plant, the company is again attempting to dodge...
Court Orders SCDOT to Answer for $150M Upper Santee Bridge
A federal appeals court refused to dismiss a lawsuit challenging South Carolina Department of Transportation studies endorsing a controversial bridge proposed for the Upper Santee Swamp.
Cliffside Must Clean Up: Court Finds Violations of Clean Air Act
A federal court ruling today will force Duke Energy to meet stringent Clean Air Act requirements for control of hazardous air pollution...
Georgia Supreme Court issues decision in Cumberland Harbour case that fails to fully protect coastal marshlands
The Georgia Supreme Court today issued a ruling in a case against the Coastal Marshlands Protection Committee of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, which centered on a permit granted to the developer of Cumberland...
SELC taking submissions for 14th annual writing contest
The Southern Environmental Law Center is now accepting submissions for the annual Phillip D. Reed Memorial Award for Outstanding Writing on the Southern Environment.
Multi-state coalition strongly criticizes Navy proposal for undersea warfare training range
A dozen conservation organizations - including groups from four Atlantic states - joined forces this week to criticize the Navy's analysis of the environmental impacts of a proposed undersea warfare training area and sonar range...
Conservation groups denounce move by mining company to skirt wetlands protection laws
Nine of the state's most powerful conservation groups today condemned an attempt by PCS Phosphate Company, Inc. to get around environmental laws affecting its plans to extract phosphate ore in a mining operation that would...
Conservation groups take legal action to defend trout streams, water quality in Tellico area
Conservation groups from two states today took legal action to protect water quality in the Tellico River area in the Nantahala National Forest.
Sprawl, population growth, lack of planning are among factors in Southern drought
Despite the rain from recent hurricanes that has fallen across the Southeast, much of the region remains firmly in the grip of drought conditions...