Taxonomy Archives: Virginia
House Oil Bills Reset Stage for another Oil Spill
Ignoring lessons learned from the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster, the U.S. House of Representatives today passed the last of three oil company bills that continues a lax approach to risky oil company a...
Statement on US House Vote to Open Virginia to Offshore Drilling (HR1230)
The House of Representatives voted today to pass HR1230 which would, among other things, compel the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Regulation and Enforcement to offer leases for drilling offshore o...
New Government Guidance Clarifies Protection of U.S. Wetlands and Streams
New guidance proposed today by the Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency would bring long-awaited and much needed clarity to the protection of our nation’s streams, wetlands,...
Deja Vu One Year after the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
As the one-year anniversary of the deadly BP Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill nears, the Southern Environmental Law Center today called on Congress to fix systemic problems with oil drilling ...
Dept. of Interior’s Finding of No Significant Impact from Deep Water Drilling after the BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster
SELC comments on the Department of Interior's finding of no significant impact from deep water drilling after the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster.
Limits on Hazardous Air Pollutants Save Lives and Protect Health
Twenty years after Congress updated the Clean Air Act, the Southern Environmental Law Center welcomed today’s announcement from EPA proposing maximum limits for more than 80 hazardous air pollutants b...
Industrial Lobbyists Stick to “Chicken Little” Rhetoric Despite Evidence of Environmental and Health
A report from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today shows that pollution controls for ozone and soot in the 1990 amendments of the Clean Air Act-currently under harsh attack from polluting in...
Award-winning Author Silas House Featured Speaker at SELC’s Event at the Virginia Festival of the Book
The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), the largest conservation organization dedicated to protecting the environment of the Southeast, is pleased to host renowned southern writer Silas House (E...
Over 100 Virginians Expected to Tell Meeting of National Science Panel to “Keep the Ban” on Uranium
More than 100 citizens from around the Commonwealth were expected to turn out today for a National Academy of Sciences (NAS) meeting in Richmond to support keeping a statewide ban on uranium mining an...
Top 10 Endangered Places in the Southeast Identified by the Southern Environmental Law Center
The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), the largest environmental advocacy organization dedicated to protecting the Southeast, today announced its fourth annual list of the top 10 places in the ...