Taxonomy Archives: South Carolina
SC regulatory board rules in favor of utility customers
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Electric utility customers will continue to have choices for investing in solar to achieve energy freedom after a pair of rulings today from the state’s Public Service Commission.
New Season of Broken Ground Podcast Focuses on Women in the South Fighting for Environmental Justice
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — In celebration of Earth Day, the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) launched its latest season of Broken Ground, talking with women in the South who are on the frontlines...
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...
Conservation organizations file motion to suspend horseshoe crab harvest
SELC joins legal effort to block horseshoe crab harvest
CAPE ROMAIN, S.C. — Today, conservation groups asked a federal district court judge to halt a planned blood harvest of thousands of horseshoe crabs in Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge, arguing the...
Frontier Logistics agrees to $1.2 million settlement in pellet-pollution lawsuit
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...
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...
Dominion Energy’s costly expansion plans sent back to drawing board
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...