Press Releases
Court Allows CHASE, SELC to Join Suit against Metro Green
STONECREST, GA—Last week a DeKalb County Superior Court granted Citizens for a Healthy and Safe Environment’s (CHASE) motion to intervene in the ongoing challenge against Metro Green Recycling.
Pipeline Proposed by Valero and Plains Puts Black Communities, Memphis’ Drinking Water at Risk of Contamination
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), Protect Our Aquifer, Tennessee Chapter of the Sierra Club, and Memphis Community Against the Pipeline are urging the U.S. Army Corps of E...
Statement on Selection of Michael Regan, Secretary of NCDEQ, as Biden Administration’s EPA Administrator Nominee
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—The Southern Environmental Law Center today released the following statement by Derb Carter, director of its North Carolina offices, regarding the selection of Michael Regan
President-elect Biden Names SELC’s Director of Regulatory Policy to Top White House Environmental Post
WASHINGTON, DC — Brenda Mallory, Director of Regulatory Policy for the Southern Environmental Law Center, has been chosen to lead the White House Council on Environmental Quality
2020 Trends Making and Braking Rooftop Solar in the South
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – Today the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) announced its 2020 Solar “Makers” and “Brakers” list highlighting some of the most impactful policies affecting rooftop solar g...
Dominion Energy unveils job-killing, rate-hiking solar fees
Dominion’s costly expansion plans sent back to drawing board
North Carolina Supreme Court Rules on Duke Energy Mandatory Fee Appeal
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—The North Carolina Supreme Court today issued an opinion in an appeal upholding the North Carolina Utilities Commission’s decision to approve an increase in mandatory fees paid by re...
Active Energy Group Noticed for Illegal Discharges from Toxic Site in North Carolina
SELC Statement on New EPA Clean Water Act Guidance following U.S. Supreme Court Decision
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following statement by Frank Holleman, senior attorney at the Southern Environmental Law Center, regarding EPA’s issuance today of Cl...