Press Releases
Georgia Power asks regulators to expand fossil fuel use
ATLANTA— Today Georgia Power filed an off-cycle integrated resource plan asking the Georgia Public Service Commission to approve a significant increase in fossil fuels, adding about 30% more methane gas and oil to its long-term...
New Congressional bill proposes protections from toxic PFAS pollution for military members, families, and communities
WASHINGTON— The Department of Defense PFAS Discharge Prevention Act introduced today in the U.S. House of Representatives would help protect military members and their families as well as surrounding communities from toxic PFAS or “forever...
North Carolina industry group challenges $1.70 on their bills designed to safeguard low-income customers from disconnection amid soaring electricity costs
RALEIGH, N.C. – On Oct. 17, the Carolina Industrial Group for Fair Utility Rates II (CIGFUR), which represents a group of large industrial customers and manufacturers filed a notice of appeal from the Duke Energy...
N.C. cities seek to contaminate drinking water for about 1M North Carolinians, SELC warns
Two upstream cities challenge limits on toxic 1,4-dioxane pollution in Cape Fear River Basin; downstream cities fight to defend limits CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — A lawsuit by Asheboro, N.C., challenging limits on toxic...
National air expert joins SELC to ramp up fight against air pollution in the South
ATLANTA — The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) today announced that Keri Powell, a nationally recognized Clean Air Act expert, has joined the organization as a senior attorney and leader of SELC’s Air Program, supported by...
Conservation groups seek to join, dismiss state challenge in Cape Romain
Groups oppose SC Attorney General’s attempt to open wildlife refuge to horseshoe crab harvesting CHARLESTON, S.C. — Yesterday the Southern Environmental Law Center filed a motion to intervene and a motion to dismiss on behalf...
21 species declared extinct by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
WASHINGTON— The US Fish and Wildlife Service finalized a rule removing 21 species from Endangered Species Act protection because the Service determined they were extinct. In response, the Southern Environmental Law Center’s Wildlife Program Leader,...
TVA ignores calls for cheaper and cleaner power by proposing another Memphis gas plant
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Today, the Tennessee Valley Authority announced a proposal to build another 200 MW of dirty gas at the site of the retired Allen coal plant in Memphis. This is the federal...
EPA asked to intervene in Prichard Ala. water crisis
PRICHARD, Ala. — Today the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), on behalf of We Matter Eight Mile Community Association and more than 20 environmental justice and faith-based groups, drafted and submitted a petition asking the...
NC Utilities Commission Approves New Innovative, Inclusive Statewide Energy Efficiency Program
The new program will help households, including low-to-moderate income residents, access much-needed energy efficiency upgrades to see overall utility savings RALEIGH, N.C., September 28, 2023 — Recently, the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) issued...