Press Releases
Broken Ground Podcast Launches New Season: How Memphians Defeated a Pipeline
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.— Today the Southern Environmental Law Center launched the latest season of its popular podcast Broken Ground. The new season digs into the story of how...
U.S. Supreme Court ruling hobbles EPA’s ability to fight climate change
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to take common sense steps to rein in carbon dioxide emissions from the energy sector in...
SELC applauds Biden administration rule expanding wildlife habitat protections
WASHINGTON — In a final rule released today, the Biden administration revoked a 2020 regulation that defined habitat under the Endangered Species Act for the first time in the Act’s history. The definition limited what...
NC Supreme Court upholds NC homeowners’ right to install solar
RALEIGH, N.C.— On Friday, the Supreme Court of North Carolina issued an order in a casebetween a Wake County homeowner and their homeowner’s association (HOA) affirming statelaw that protects homeowners’ right to install rooftop solar.
More than 100 environmental and community groups urge U.S. Supreme Court to uphold federal clean water protections
WASHINGTON — Environmental and community organizations from across the nation today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the longstanding scope of the Clean Water Act and reject industry attempts to...
Dominion threatens to charge customers an extra fee for RGGI if the emissions reduction program is not repealed
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Today Virginia’s State Corporation Commission (SCC) granted Dominion Energy’s politically motivated request to suspend its rate adjustment for an emissions reduction program called the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative...
New EPA drinking water health advisory for GenX underscores action needed
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—The Southern Environmental Law Center says that the new Environmental Protection Agency drinking water health advisories for GenX and other PFAS announced today in Wilmington, N.C., underscore the need for action. It calls on the EPA...
Conservation groups sue U.S. Forest Service over continued refusal to hand over Trump-era rollback records
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The Southern Environmental Law Center and Defenders of Wildlife filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service on Wednesday, alleging that the agency is violating the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by...
Federal clean water protections restored for hundreds of acres of wetlands next to Okefenokee Swamp
WASHINGTON—The Southern Environmental Law Center today praised an announcement that— thanks to Senator Ossoff’s leadership—the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is reversing a flawed decision made under the Trump administration’s so-called “Navigable Waters Protection Rule”...
SELC welcomes proposed EPA rule regarding the ability of states and local residents to protect clean water
WASHINGTON — The Southern Environmental Law Center today welcomed a new rule proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency to restore the ability of states and local residents to protect their drinking water, rivers, streams, wetlands,...