Press Releases
Duke Energy’s Roxboro gas plant would burden North Carolinians with pollution, excessive costs
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.— Monopoly utility Duke Energy’s proposal for a new methane gas-fired power plant near Roxboro in Person County, North Carolina, fails to comply with federal law and would saddle customers with excessive costs...
Lawsuit challenges TVA plan to build methane gas plant at site of massive Kingston industrial spill
KINGSTON, Tenn. — The Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of Appalachian Voices, the Center for Biological Diversity, and Sierra Club, sued the Tennessee Valley Authority today for failing to consider cleaner and more...
Groundbreaking report reveals harmful impacts of biomass wood pellet plants
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — A new, first-of-its-kind study surveyed families living near biomass wood pellet plants, shining a light on the significant and long-lasting harm these facilities have on nearby communities. Pellet plants turn...
New report questions impact, economics of Northern Beltline highway project
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—A new analysis continues to cast doubt on the economic benefits of the most expensive road project in Alabama history. A team of economists with the University of North Carolina found significant flaws...
DEQ should change monitoring process before considering air permit for proposed gas plant
RICHMOND, Va. — Today on behalf of the Chesterfield County Branch of the NAACP, the Southern Environmental Law Center sent a letter to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) requesting that it require Dominion...
Commercial Fishermen and Landowners Ask D.C. Circuit to Halt CP2 LNG Project
WASHINGTON - Today, the Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of impacted commercial fishermen, landowners, Fishermen Involved in Sustaining Our Heritage, and For a Better Bayou, and in partnership with the Natural Resources Defense Council...
World’s largest wood pellet company accused of ‘greenwashing’ in new SEC complaint
WASHINGTON D.C. — On Monday, the Southern Environmental Law Center filed a complaint with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, urging the regulatory agency to investigate Enviva’s potentially misleading statements about its climate impact...
New report highlights IRA funded projects in the South
The Southern Environmental Law Center released a new report today, “Southern Solutions: How Federal Funding Is Sparking Climate Progress,” that explores how five Southern cities are harnessing federal funding in innovative ways to slash pollution,...
SELC statement on dismissal of SC Attorney General challenge to horseshoe crab protections in Cape Romain
CHARLESTON, S.C. — This week, a case to challenge the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s authority to manage commercial horseshoe crab harvesting and protect threatened wildlife in the Cape Romain Wildlife Refuge was dismissed. Last...
Administrative Law Judge van der Vaart strips North Carolina of a key tool used to limit toxic chemicals, threatening nearly 1M people
Lawsuit filed by Asheboro, Greensboro, and Reidsville dismantles DEQ’s ability to control 1,4-dioxane and other toxic chemical pollution CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Chief Administrative Law Judge van der Vaart today issued a ruling that...