Taxonomy Archives: Georgia
Fighting forever chemicals
SELC applauds U.S. Forest Service proposal that would provide historic protections for nation’s old growth
Meet our 2024 Phil Reed Environmental Writing Award finalists
SELC announces finalists for the 2024 Phil Reed Environmental Writing Award
SELC statement on EPD permitting Plant Hammond’s coal ash closure plan
ATLANTA— Today Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division issued final permits to close Georgia Power’s Plant Hammond Ash Pond 3 in Floyd County. The state issued permit calls for capping more than 1...
Georgia Power asks regulators to expand fossil fuel use
ATLANTA— Today Georgia Power filed an off-cycle integrated resource plan asking the Georgia Public Service Commission to approve a significant increase in fossil fuels, adding about 30% more methane g...
National air expert joins SELC to ramp up fight against air pollution in the South
ATLANTA — The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) today announced that Keri Powell, a nationally recognized Clean Air Act expert, has joined the organization as a senior attorney and leader of SE...
Conservation groups seek to protect Georgians’ right to fish
ATLANTA— Georgia Wildlife Federation and Flint Riverkeeper, represented by Southern Environmental Law Center, have asked to join a lawsuit in Talbot County Superior Court in support of the state of Ge...
Win on ‘moral issue’ for Georgia energy consumers
Georgia Power settles with SELC on Vogtle’s final cost to ratepayers
ATLANTA — Today the Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of Georgia Interfaith Power and Light (GIPL) and Partnership for Southern Equity (PSE), agreed to settlement terms with Georgia Power t...