Press Releases
SELC Statement on NC Offshore Wind Announcement
Today North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper issued an Executive Order directing investment in offshore wind, setting targets for ambitious growth in wind energy by 2040.
Biden Administration Announcement Leaves Crucial Streams, Wetlands, and Drinking Water Sources in Jeopardy
The Southern Environmental Law Center today released the following statement regarding the EPA’s announcement that it plans to repeal and replace a harmful, destructive rule by the prior administratio...
FERC Clears Way for Action Against Alabama Regulators for Approving Discriminatory Solar Charges
WASHINGTON, D.C.– The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has declined to grant a petition asking it to initiate an enforcement action against the Alabama Public Service Commission (PSC) for a...
Rare Red Wolves Released in North Carolina after Federal Court Ruling
Red wolf captive breeding facilities today announced the release of four rare red wolves into the wild in North Carolina, after conservation groups won a federal court ruling in January that required ...
SELC statement on bill to ban offshore drilling in the Atlantic
New Jersey Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-06) today announced his intention to file a bill to permanently protect the Atlantic Ocean from offshore drilling.
Federal Regulators Delay Decision and Request More Information on Utilities’ Proposal for New Energy Market
Today the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission requested more information before ruling on a proposal by Southeastern utilities to alter the existing wholesale energy market, citing questions on price...
OHM, SELC Challenge Unprecedented Changes to Georgia Dredging Windows
SAVANNAH, GA– Today One Hundred Miles (OHM), represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), filed a challenge against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ unlawful decision...
Lawsuit Says Smithfield Biogas Project Must Fix Water Pollution and Environmental Injustices
On behalf of the Environmental Justice Community Action Network and Cape Fear River Watch, the Southern Environmental Law Center today challenged in the N.C. Office of Administrative Hearings four sta...
Groups demand state agency revoke permit for controversial Byhalia Pipeline
The Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of Memphis Community Against Pollution (MCAP), Protect Our Aquifer, and the Tennessee Chapter of the Sierra Club, sent a letter to the Tennessee Depart...
North Carolina Reissues Denial of Water Permit for Mountain Valley Pipeline
Today the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality reaffirmed its denial of water quality certification to Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC for construction of its Southgate Project gas pipelin...