Press Releases
Groups sue Columbia carpet manufacturer for “forever chemical” pollution
Shaw Industries’ PFAS discharges threaten rivers and drinking water sources COLUMBIA, S.C. — Today, the Southern Environmental Law Center filed a lawsuit in federal court against Shaw Industries on behalf of Congaree Riverkeeper due...
Chattahoochee Riverkeeper and Southern Environmental Law Center threaten to sue City of Atlanta for Clean Water Act violations
ATLANTA – Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center, told the Atlanta Department of Watershed Management that it would have 60 days to stop discharging illegal levels of pollution from the R.M. Clayton...
Supreme Court Term Threatens Massive Regulatory Upheaval
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision in Corner Post v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System that opens the gates to massive regulatory upheaval and a flood of corporate...
Supreme Court Decision Jeopardizes Environmental Protections
WASHINGTON – Today the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision on the joint cases of Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless, Inc. v. Department of Commerce, overturning deference to a federal agency’s interpretation when...
SELC applauds final sale notice for Central Atlantic wind leases
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Today, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management finalized a sale notice for wind leases offshore of the Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware coasts, an action that specifies the final areas for sale, lays...
U.S. Forest Service abandons plans to recklessly log sensitive area of Nantahala National Forest after lawsuit
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — In response to a lawsuit from a coalition of conservation groups, the U.S. Forest Service announced it is scrapping plans to log an important area of North Carolina’s Nantahala National Forest near...
New poll shows Georgia voters support protecting the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
ATLANTA —A new poll reveals that more than nine out of ten Georgia voters feel it’s important to protect the Okefenokee Swamp and National Wildlife Refuge, and there is widespread opposition to developing a mine...
Experts Expose Risks of Duke’s Proposal for Costly, Polluting Roxboro Gas Plant
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Monopoly utility Duke Energy’s proposal for a new methane gas-fired power plant near Roxboro in Person County, North Carolina, has not been well planned, risking project delays and cost overruns, is...
N.C. NAACP, Forward Justice & Southern Environmental Law Center Respond to North Carolina Legislature’s Newly Proposed Constitutional Amendments
RALEIGH, NC — Earlier this month a three-judge panel held a status conference in the N.C. NAACP’s case challenging two constitutional amendments initiated by an illegally racially gerrymandered legislature. The panel ordered the attorneys to...
RGGI case moves forward
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Following a hearing today, the Circuit Court of Floyd County decided that the Association of Energy Conservation Professionals has adequately pleaded its standing to challenge the state’s decision to leave the Regional...