Taxonomy Archives: Alabama

SELC Announces Winners of the Phil Reed Environmental Writing Awards

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA—The Southern Environmental Law Center has announced the winners of its 2020 Phillip D. Reed Environmental Writing Awards, to be presented during the Virginia Festival of the Book i...

Gasp, SELC Seek Intervention in Flawed ABC Coke Settlement

Birmingham, AL—Conservation groups have filed a motion to intervene in ongoing efforts to approve a proposed settlement to address ABC Coke’s illegal emissions of benzene and the impacts on communitie...

Alabama groups file motion to intervene in ABC Coke consent decree

Trump Administration Announces Unprecedented Move to Strip Clean Water Act Protections

WASHINGTON–The Trump administration today announced its rule to gut long-established clean water protections despite opposition from hundreds of thousands of Americans.

Black Warrior Riverkeeper wins SELC’s environmental leadership award

2019 Trends Making and Braking Rooftop Solar in the South

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – Today the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) announced its 2019 Solar “Makers” and “Brakers” list highlighting key trends in policies and actions impacting the growth of ro...

Alabama regulators to hold hearing on solar fee

EPA Proposes Rule to Limit States’ Ability to Protect People

An administration’s proposal published today in the Federal Register would limit the information states have when making decisions about how to protect people and clean water from pollution.

Flawed consent decree fails locals impacted by ABC Coke’s illegal pollution

ABC Coke Consent Decree Fails to Address Illegal Pollution

BIRMINGHAM, AL—Conservation groups are charging that a proposed consent decree is woefully inadequate in addressing the impacts of ABC Coke’s illegal levels of toxic pollution on local communities aro...