Taxonomy Archives: Virginia
Virginia legislature passes energy efficiency bills
The General Assembly has passed several bills promoting energy efficiency, a chief goal of SELC and our Virginia partners. Though the bills don’t include all we had worked for, they represent an impor...
Federal Court Overturns Permit for Massive Reservoir in Virginia
A federal court has overturned a permit issued by the Corps of Engineers for a massive impoundment in King William County, Virginia that would have resulted in the single largest, authorized loss of w...
Congress bestows permanent protection for 9 special areas in Virginia’s mountain forests
With a 285-140 vote in the U.S. House today, Congress has officially passed a bill that permanently protects more than 53,000 acres of the Jefferson National Forest in the mountains of southwest Virgi...
Groups sue Bush administration on coal mining law
The Southern Environmental Law Center and National Parks Conservation Association are filing suit today in federal court in Washington D.C. challenging a rule issued last month by the Bush Administrat...
Environmental Groups Call for Withdrawal of Offshore Drilling Proposal for Virginia
The Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of itself and three organizations, has called on the U.S. Department of Interior to abandon plans to open the Virginia coast to oil or gas drilling.
Report shows efficiency beats coal in Virginia
A new report shows that investing in energy efficiency instead of building the Wise County coal plant to meet the same electricity demand would yield hundreds of millions of dollars more annually for ...
Environmental Groups Point the Way to Mercury Pollution
Today, a coalition of public health and environmental groups filed a lawsuit in federal court here, seeking a firm and enforceable new deadline for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to require deep...
Sprawl, population growth, lack of planning are among factors in Southern drought
Despite the rain from recent hurricanes that has fallen across the Southeast, much of the region remains firmly in the grip of drought conditions
Environmental coalition files latest legal charges against Wise Co. coal plant
Today a coalition of environmental organizations filed their latest legal challenges to stop Dominion Power from building a coal-fired power plant in Wise County.
Legal challenges filed against Wise County power plant
The Southern Environmental Law Center today submitted three separate court filings challenging the state's actions in granting Dominion Power permission to build a $1.8 billion coal-fired power plant ...