Taxonomy Archives: Tennessee
MMS deepwater lease sales to BP and other companies continue lax oversight say groups
The Minerals Management Service (MMS) continues to approve new leases after the Deepwater Horizon explosion that give British Petroleum and other companies the right to drill even more deepwater wells...
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...
Conservationists Applaud New Wilderness Bill for Tennessee
Tennessee Wild, a broad coalition of conservation organizations, praised Senators Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker today for introducing legislation to permanently protect new wilderness areas on the Ch...
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
Clarify Legal Protections for Streams and Wetlands
SELC welcomes the introduction of a bi-partisan compromise in the U.S. House of Representatives that restores long overdue protections for streams and wetlands.
Clarify Legal Protections for Streams and Wetlands
SELC welcomes the introduction of a bi-partisan compromise in the U.S. House of Representatives that restores long overdue protections for streams and wetlands.