Taxonomy Archives: Virginia
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...
Union Hill’s historic value recognized in unanimous decision against Atlantic Coast Pipeline
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...
Game changing bills released to rein in Dominion energy bills
RICHMOND, Va. — A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers are proposing a package of bills aimed at ending decades of overcharging by Virginia’s monopoly electric company Dominion. In 2020, Virginia passed ...
New bill puts Virginia on the road to cleaner air
RICHMOND, Va. — Today, Delegate Lamont Bagby put forth a bill to reduce car pollution and make electric vehicles more accessible in Virginia.
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...
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 ...
Appalachian Power’s attempts to increase rates unjustifiable
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - The Virginia State Corporation Commission rejected Appalachian Power's attempts to recover unjustified costs, protecting Commonwealth customers, and agreeing with SELC's argument...