Press Releases
SELC announces winners of the 2022 Phil Reed Environmental Writing Award
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.—The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) announced the winners of its 2022 Phillip D. Reed Environmental Writing Award today. The work of this year’s winners brings to light the healthcare calamity unfolding in...
Groups tell Biden Administration: Let Older Trees Grow
Environmental Organizations urge Biden administration to use old growth and mature forests as a climate solution ASHEVILLE, NC — SELC, Environment America, and dozens of other conservation groups launched an effort Tuesday to focus on...
Chickahominy Pipeline suspends beleaguered gas project
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Today Chickahominy Pipeline, LLC announced the suspension of its plan to construct an unregulated gas pipeline through five counties in central Virginia. The proposed pipeline would have serviced the as-yet-unbuilt Chickahominy Power Station,...
Oral Arguments at NC Supreme Court Monday, February 14th in NC NAACP v. Moore: Racially Gerrymandered Legislature in 2018 Did Not Have Authority to Change NC’s Constitution
RALEIGH, N.C. – Just over a week after the N.C. Supreme Court held that the N.C. General Assembly once again engaged in unconstitutional redistricting in 2021 (Supreme Court Order), oral arguments...
Community groups appeal administrative law judge Donald van der Vaart’s decision to side with Smithfield on water pollution
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of Environmental Justice Community Action Network and Cape Fear River Watch appealed Chief Administrative Law Judge Donald van der Vaart’s...
Groups seek to stop Active Energy’s illegal PFAS pollution of North Carolina’s Lumber River
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—After testing revealed unpermitted discharges of toxic PFAS into the Lumber River, the Southern Environmental Law Center and the Winyah Rivers Alliance today notified Active Energy Renewable Power—subsidiary of U.K. company, Active...
SELC statement on Senate vote to reject Wheeler for Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources
The Virginia Senate voted Tuesay to reject Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s secretary of natural and historic resources nominee Andrew Wheeler, who served as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency during the Trump administration.
SELC challenges FERC’s approval of new energy trading platform
WASHINGTON — The Southern Environmental Law Center, along with a coalition of clean energy advocates, national and regional environmental groups, and energy equity organizations, has filed an appeal asking the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals...
Protect waterways to better protect communities SELC tells Biden administration
WASHINGTON—The Southern Environmental Law Center today submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency that were also signed by 90 organizations urging the Biden administration to finalize rulemaking to protect critical wetlands, streams, and other waters...
Coosa Riverkeeper, SELC file suit against Newcastle Homes for stormwater pollution
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Southern Environmental Law Center filed a lawsuit on behalf of Coosa Riverkeeper today in federal court against Newcastle Homes for consistently violating the Clean Water Act in Shelby County.