Taxonomy Archives: Georgia
Landmark Environmental Justice Bill Introduced in Congress
WASHINGTON — Today the most far-reaching Congressional bill to advance environmental justice was introduced, during a time of increasing political commitment to address how communities of color and pe...
2021 Reed Awards Honor Great Writing About the Southeast’s Fragile Coast
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Two writers who have delved into the past and present challenges facing treasured places on the Southeast coast will receive the 2021 Phillip D. Reed Environmental Writing Award...
CHASE, SELC File Request to Halt Metro Green Construction
STONECREST, Ga. — On behalf of Citizens for a Healthy and Safe Environment (CHASE), the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) has moved for an interlocutory injunction to halt Metro Green Recycling...
CHASE, SELC file request to halt Metro Green construction
SELC Statement on Rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The Southern Environmental Law Center released the following statement by Executive Director Jeff Gleason in response to President Biden’s Executive Order to rejoin the Paris Cl...
SELC seeks to halt Trump administration’s parting shot at national forests
BIG STONE GAP, Va. — A lawsuit filed today seeks to reverse the Trump administration’s elimination of critical safeguards that have protected national forests from unneeded, ill-conceived and destruct...
Court Allows CHASE, SELC to Join Suit against Metro Green
STONECREST, Ga. — Last week a DeKalb County Superior Court granted Citizens for a Healthy and Safe Environment’s (CHASE) motion to intervene in the ongoing challenge against Metro Green Recycling.
President-elect Biden Names SELC’s Director of Regulatory Policy to Top White House Environmental Post
WASHINGTON — Brenda Mallory, Director of Regulatory Policy for the Southern Environmental Law Center, has been chosen to lead the White House Council on Environmental Quality, where she will be a prin...
2020 Trends Making and Braking Rooftop Solar in the South
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Today the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) announced its 2020 Solar “Makers” and “Brakers” list highlighting some of the most impactful policies affecting rooftop solar ...