Press Releases
South DeKalb communities prevail against efforts to silence opposition to solid waste handling facility
STONECREST, Ga.—A DeKalb County Superior Court has ruled in favor of Citizens for a Healthy and Safe Environment (CHASE) by striking Metro Green’s meritless claims against the group, holding that they amount to a Strategic...
SELC statement on Dominion Energy’s offshore wind filing
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Today Dominion Energy filed an application with Virginia’s State Corporation Commission to construct a 2.6 gigawatt offshore wind project off the coast of Virginia.
Bias-Free Judiciary, Transparency Sought in N.C. Supreme Court as Voting Rights Cases Continue
RALEIGH, N.C. – The North Carolina NAACP today filed a brief in response to the North Carolina Supreme Court’s request for guidance on how it should decide issues related to judicial recusal and disqualification. ...
State-sanctioned horseshoe crab confinement threatens shorebirds
CHARLESTON, S.C. — A group of conservationists is preparing to sue the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Charles River Laboratories for penning horseshoe crabs in manmade ponds for an unlimited time during spawning...
SELC statement on repeal of narrowed habitat protections under the Endangered Species Act
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Today the Biden administration announced its proposal to rescind the Trump administration’s narrowed definition of ‘habitat’ under the Endangered Species Act.
New EPA GenX toxicity standard highlights need to regulate PFAS pollution as a class of chemicals
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—The Environmental Protection Agency's release today of its final human health toxicity assessment for GenX underscores the importance of regulating PFAS as a class of chemicals and the need to stop harmful pollution...
GASP, SELC challenge Bluestone Coke air pollution
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A state circuit court has granted GASP and the Southern Environmental Law Center’s motion to intervene filed by the groups in order to stop ongoing air pollution violations at the Bluestone Coke...
SELC statement on settlement agreement in Dominion Energy rate case
RICHMOND, Va. — Today Dominion Energy, Virginia’s State Corporation Commission (SCC), and the Office of the Attorney General filed a tentative settlement agreement in Dominion’s pending base rate case.
EPA’s PFAS Roadmap includes path forged by fight to stop Chemours pollution in North Carolina
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—Following EPA’s announcement of its PFAS Roadmap today in Raleigh on the 49th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, the Southern Environmental Law Center released the following statement by Geoff Gisler, senior attorney...
Statement on Governor Cooper’s signing of a North Carolina energy bill, House Bill 951
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The Southern Environmental Law Center today issued the following statement by Derb Carter, senior attorney, regarding the signing of...