Will we learn lessons from the Chilean mine rescue?
This blog was written by Jennifer Rennicks, former Senior Director of Policy & Communications at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
Leon County objects to PACE block by federal mortgage agency
Leon County, Florida (Tallahassee and vicinity), joined a gathering force of local and state government units and clean energy advocates in objecting to the Federal Housing Finance Agency 's mid-summer guidance to…
Lindsey Graham Drinks the Tar Sands Kool-Aid
This blog is a repost from Climate Progress, a project of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization. “It is less carbon intensive than oil we find in California,” extraction…
Offshore Wind Collaboration, Cooperation and Competition
Yesterday was the final day at the American Wind Energy Association's first North American Offshore Wind Conference & Exhibition in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Over the past couple of days, the conference provided…
Offshore Wind Questions, Comments, Suggestions?
I spent yesterday at the American Wind Energy Association's first North American Offshore Wind Conference & Exhibition in Atlantic City, New Jersey mostly in the policy and business track for panel discussions.…
Update to our blogpost on Gainesville's GREC biopower plant
We got some excellent feedback to our blogpost on the Gainesville Renewable Energy Center (GREC), both in the comments section and via email. [For the uninitiated, this is the 100MW biomass electricity…
Offshore Wind: 1,200 Green Jobs in Atlantic City
I'm at the American Wind Energy Association's first North American Offshore Wind Conference & Exhibition in Atlantic City, New Jersey. As I drove into the land of casinos, the five onshore wind…
Offshore Wind An American Opportunity
Offshore wind energy has been getting a lot of attention lately - and rightfully so. With more than 4,000 gigawatts of capacity potential in all U.S. waters, offshore wind represents a huge…
Special Report: Industry wraps coal ash regulation fight in the mantle of civil rights
Guest Blog by Sue Sturgis, Editorial Director, Institute for Southern Studies/Facing South SPECIAL REPORT: Industry wraps coal ash regulation fight in the mantle of civil rights Standing out among the more than 250…
A new denier myth is born, this time for energy efficiency
This blog was written by John D. Wilson, former Deputy Director for Regulatory Policy at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.