Taxonomy Archives: Clean Air and Water

August 8, 2024

Clean up of harmful PFAS pollution promised in northwest Georgia

ROME, Ga. — In one of the most comprehensive settlements of its kind in the nation, the city of Calhoun has agreed to take meaningful steps to protect northwest Georgia’s water supply from years of wi...

August 2, 2024

Groups challenge Georgia biomass facility’s unlawful air permit

ATLANTA— Today the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), on behalf of Georgia Interfaith Power and Light (GIPL) and Sierra Club, is challenging a move by Georgia regulators to allow a biomass wood...

July 17, 2024

Conservation groups petition EPA to revoke Georgia’s CCR Permit Program 

ATLANTA — Today the Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of Coosa River Basin Initiative, Altamaha Riverkeeper, Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, Georgia Interfaith Power and Light, the Sierra Club a...

July 15, 2024

Groups sue DES over illegal rules for major water withdrawals 

July 2, 2024

Groups sue Columbia carpet manufacturer for “forever chemical” pollution 

July 2, 2024

Chattahoochee Riverkeeper and Southern Environmental Law Center threaten to sue City of Atlanta for Clean Water Act violations

ATLANTA – Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center, told the Atlanta Department of Watershed Management that it would have 60 days to stop discharging illegal le...

June 20, 2024

Bird sanctuary protected from planned toxic chemical use this year 

May 28, 2024

Groups urge DEQ to stop PFAS pollution at its source in issuing permit to Danville, Va. treatment plant 

April 23, 2024

Lack of DHEC oversight allows industry to self-regulate

April 23, 2024

Conservation Groups appeal permits that threaten ‘endangered’ Duck River