Southern Environmental Law Center

Non-profit OrganizationsVirginia, United States201-500 Employees

The Southern Environmental Law Center is a nonprofit organization focused on defending the environment in the South, addressing environmental challenges in court, through government action, and in communities to protect air, water, climate, wildlife, lands, and people. Headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia, SELC operates with a regional footprint, maintaining offices in several Southeastern cities as well as Washington, DC, and employs a substantial team of legal and policy professionals.

It emphasizes a place-based approach, equity and inclusion, and core values such as integrity, accountability, and collaboration, pursuing impact through legal action, policy work, and advocacy at national, regional, state, and local levels and in all branches of government. The organization strengthens laws, ensures government agencies carry out their duties, and, when necessary, engages in litigation to stop environmental abuses or to establish precedents. In 2026, SELC filed lawsuits addressing environmental contamination, including a case in North Carolina to halt PFAS pollution from a county landfill.

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