We are weaning the South off its overreliance on the dirtiest of fossil fuels. In April 2007, after seven years of sustained legal effort by SELC, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court agreed that power companies could no longer continue to extend the lives of old, coal-burning power plants without installing modern pollution controls—catalyzing the largest power plant cleanup in history. Our attorneys subsequently blocked or shelved plans to construct seven new coal-burning units in our six states. Then, through site-specific action we and our partners have secured plans or legally binding commitments to retire one-third of the existing coal plant capacity in our region. The cumulative result? CO2 levels from electric power have dropped by 29% in the Southeast.