Press Releases
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...
Conservation groups seek to protect Georgians’ right to fish
ATLANTA— Georgia Wildlife Federation and Flint Riverkeeper, represented by Southern Environmental Law Center, have asked to join a lawsuit in Talbot County Superior Court in support of the state of Georgia’s defense of the public’s...
Tuscaloosa ignores chronic sewage spills, groups join state lawsuit
TUSCALOOSA, Ala.— Black Warrior Riverkeeper and Friends of Hurricane Creek, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), petitioned the Court to join a lawsuit against the city of Tuscaloosa for chronic sewage spills, which...
Short-term progress, long-term problem: EPA leaves hundreds of PFAS out of toxics law
EPA ignores science and hundreds of toxic forever chemicals in use by industry keeping people at risk WASHINGTON —The Environmental Protection Agency today missed an opportunity to deliver on its promises to hold polluters accountable...