Taxonomy Archives: South Carolina
SELC Cheers US Senate Rejection of Anti-Clean Air Act Resolution
The Southern Environmental Law Center applauds action by the U.S. Senate today voting down a proposal that would have prolonged the country's addiction to fossil fuels even as oil continues to spew in...
BP to be sued over harm to endangered species
The Southern Environmental Law Center and Defenders of Wildlife today notified BP that they would file suit against the company for the unauthorized take of endangered species caused by the continuing...
Minerals Management Service’s complicity in Gulf oil disaster challenged in court
Defenders of Wildlife and the Southern Environmental Law Center today filed suit challenging the Minerals Management Service’s (MMS) complicity in the Gulf oil disaster and continued lax oversight of ...
Climate Bill: Admirable Goals, Concerns about Details
We welcome a renewed focus in the U.S. Senate on addressing the problem of climate change, and look forward to working with policymakers to improve the effectiveness of draft legislation outlined tod...
EPA Proposes National Safeguards on Coal Ash
After years of delay, tragedy in Tennessee, EPA proposes regulatory options but stops short of issuing a strict rule
EPA Proposes National Safeguards on Coal Ash
After years of delay, tragedy in Tennessee, EPA proposes regulatory options but stops short of issuing a strict rule
SELC Calls for Administration to Go Beyond a Temporary Halt of New Oil Drilling
As oil continues to spill and reaches the Gulf’s white sands, shrimp and fish nurseries, and productive wetlands and marshes, the Southern Environmental Law Center today called on the Obama Administra...
SELC Calls for Administration to Go Beyond a Temporary Halt of New Oil Drilling
As oil continues to spill and reaches the Gulf’s white sands, shrimp and fish nurseries, and productive wetlands and marshes, the Southern Environmental Law Center today called on the Obama Administra...
Army Corps Voids Earlier Withdrawal of Protections for Wetlands near Charleston
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers late last week rescinded an earlier decision to remove federal protections for 492 acres of wetlands in Black Tom Bay near Charleston and informed the developer that w...
Army Corps Voids Earlier Withdrawal of Protections for Wetlands near Charleston
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers late last week rescinded an earlier decision to remove federal protections for 492 acres of wetlands in Black Tom Bay near Charleston and informed the developer that w...