Press Releases
Appalachian Power’s attempts to increase rates unjustifiable
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - The Virginia State Corporation Commission rejected Appalachian Power's attempts to recover unjustified costs, protecting Commonwealth customers, and agreeing with SELC's argument...
South DeKalb Residents Challenge Metro Green Facility
STONECREST, GA - Residents of the City of Stonecrest and DeKalb County have moved to intervene in an ongoing suit against Metro Green Recycling’s construction and demolition waste recycling facility.
U.S. Forest Service Finalizes 11th-hour Rule to Cut Science and Public Input; Increase Logging on National Forests
Conservation Groups Sue USFWS to Save Wild Red Wolves
Groups Challenge Trump Administration Rule Allowing More Toxic Wastewater from Coal Plants
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Representing groups from communities near and downstream of coal plants in the Carolinas, the Southern Environmental Law Center today challenged the Trump administration’s rewrite ...
Dominion attempts to undercut savings from VCEA
RICHMOND, VA - Today, the SELC on behalf of Appalachian Voices revealed at the Virginia SCC that Dominion Energy’s plans would undercut savings from the Virginia Clean Economy Act by overcharging cust...
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, Congressman Donald McEachin, and Advocates host Townhall marking 48th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act
After fuel spill, $1.5 million secured for S.C. watershed
Haw River Assembly and City of Burlington Agree to PFAS and 1,4-dioxane Investigation
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—The Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of the Haw River Assembly, finalized a memorandum of agreement with the City of Burlington in which the city agreed to investigate th...