Taxonomy Archives: Alabama
Lawsuit: Government illegally “cut corners” to ram through NEPA changes
SELC Statement on U.S. House of Representatives Passing of the Great American Outdoors Act
WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) released the following statement in response to the U.S. House of Representatives passing the Great American Outdoors Act.
Feds gut cornerstone environmental protection
Transparency Needed as Southern Utilities Announce Secret Talks to Create Energy Market
Today some of the region’s largest utilities revealed they have for months been engaged in talks to set up a market to sell power to each other at the wholesale level. These behind-closed doors negoti...
Broken Ground Podcast Launches New Season: Navigating Sea Level Rise in the South
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Broken Ground, a podcast by the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), launches its new season
Four Health and Medical Groups File Legal Action Defending Lifesaving Mercury and Air Toxics Standards
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Lung Association, American Public Health Association, and Physicians for Social Responsibility, represented by the Southern ...
SELC Statement on Senate Passing of The Great American Outdoors Act
PSC Approves Alabama Power’s $1+ Billion Gas Expansion
MONTGOMERY, AL—Today the Alabama Public Service Commission voted to approve the single largest capacity increase ever proposed by Alabama Power, which will cost customers over $1.1 billion despite sig...
Trump administration environmental order could further silence vulnerable communities
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — Today the Trump administration said it will issue an executive order directing federal agencies to bypass a longstanding bedrock environmental law that protects communities
Conservation Groups Challenge EPA’s Gutting of Clean Water Protections in Federal Court
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Conservation groups today challenged in federal court the administration’s effort to gut clean water protections from wetlands and streams that feed drinking-water sources for 200 m...