Taxonomy Archives: Tennessee

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 ...

U.S. Forest Service Finalizes 11th-hour Rule to Cut Science and Public Input; Increase Logging on National Forests

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, Congressman Donald McEachin, and Advocates host Townhall marking 48th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act

Endangered Nashville crayfish at risk of losing protections

Administration Weakens Rule that Limits Toxic Wastewater from Coal Plants

WASHINGTON - In response to the Trump administration’s rollback of a crucial rule--known as Effluent Limitation Guidelines or ELG for power plants

Conservation Groups Challenge Trump Administration’s Attack on the Power of States and Local Residents to Protect Clean Water

CHARLESTON, S.C.—Conservation groups today challenged in federal court a Trump administration rollback of clean water protections

SELC Challenges TVA’s Long-term Contract Decision

SELC is challenging in federal court the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) monumental decision to implement never-ending contracts designed to keep local power distributors captive customers of the f...

Nashville mayor signs letter urging Congressional climate action

SELC seeks nominations for Phil Reed Environmental Writing Award

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA—The Southern Environmental Law Center is now accepting submissions for the 2021 Phillip D. Reed Environmental Writing Awards.