
Southern Environmental Law Center Video: Top Ten Endangered Places 2010. 'A powerful reminder of what we stand to lose,' featuring deputy director Jeff Gleason.
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Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) identifies the top ten most endangered places in the Southeast.

Southern Environmental Law Center Environmental groups, local citizens cheer end of long fight to stop highway through Great Smokies Park
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Congressman Heath Shuler of western North Carolina has announced a settlement between the National Park Service, Swain County and others bringing to a close the decades-long fight to stop a proposed road ...

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SELC identifies Top Ten Most Endangered Places in the Southeast: http://www.southernenvironment.org/topte n_2010
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Southern Environmental Law Center Groups today challenged the decision to build a training range next to the only known calving ground for the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale.
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Conservation groups today challenged the U.S. Navy’s decision to build its $100 million Undersea Warfare Training Range next to the only known calving ground for the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale. ...

Southern Environmental Law Center SELC letter asks N.C. Gov. Perdue to halt proposed permit for Titan cement plant in light of scandals and until investigation completed.
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Environmental lawyers who want a full review of a proposed New Hanover County cement plant have asked Gov. Bev Perdue to put a hold on an air emissions permit the state is considering.

Southern Environmental Law Center The News & Observer turns over another rock on Titan cement in N.C. and says comprehensive review needed to protect public health and environment.
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E-mails offer an inside look at how the state granted economic incentives despite environmental concerns.

Southern Environmental Law Center Coal production in central Appalachia will fall 50% by 2020, according to a report this week from research firm Downstream Strategies; region needs to diversify to clean energy sources to stay economically viable.
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Southern Environmental Law Center Two cool videos - 1) the Va General Assembly is considering a bill to abate mountaintop removal coal mining, http://tinyurl.com/ybqnv3v, and 2) Stephen Colbert takes aim at the destructive practice of blowing up Appalachian mountains for coal.
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In this episode, how far should we dig for coal? I say as deep as we can without endangering the Mole King. And architect Emily Pilloton says we can help the world's needy with industrial design. Come on, bionic Mother Teresa. ...

Southern Environmental Law Center Catawba Riverkeeper & SELC reached agreement with cities to reduce the amount of water transferred out of the Catawba River in N.C. during droughts.
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Establishing significant reductions in the amount of water transferred out of the Catawba River during drought conditions has enabled the Protect the Catawba Coalition and Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation, Inc. ...

Southern Environmental Law Center The News & Observer reports on scrutiny of lobbyist's role in North Carolina's processing of Titan America's cement plant permit application.
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Plans by Titan America to build one of the biggest cement factories in the country in Castle Hayne is a gift that some would rather return because the jobs and tax dollars would come with poisonous byproducts.

Southern Environmental Law Center Party on the Mattaponi River celebrating the King William Reservoir victory.
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Southern Environmental Law Center Worth reading: Smart Growth America released a report concluding that transit investments have created more jobs dollar-for-dollar than highway spending
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What we learned from the economic stimulus, and how to use what we learned to speed job creation in the 2010 jobs bill

Southern Environmental Law Center SELC op-ed in Atlanta Journal Constitution shines a light on the need for GA, AL and FL to hold water-wars negotiations in public view.
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A federal judge recently granted a request by Georgia, Florida and Alabama to issue a secrecy order covering negotiations over the tristate water wars. This is a bad idea that ought to provoke a public uprising in all three states.

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"... I saw a fallen oak. Touching the rings, I thought about Alabama's history ..."
—Pat Byington
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By Pat ByingtonThere is a wonderful chapter in Aldo Leopold's book "A Sand County Almanac" called "Good Oak," a story about the life of a fallen oak tree. Looking down at the great big stump on his farm, ...





















