Sen. Boxer: Public should be notified about high hazard coal ash sites
In a press conference today, Senator Barbara Boxer, Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, revealed some startling information about coal ash storage sites across America. Forty-four have been identified…
Coal is a Dirty Business: PBS Special on Coal in Ga.
The News Hour with Jim Lehrer recently aired a segment that touched on the grave consequences associated with Georgia’s addiction to coal. Southern Alliance for Clean Energy's Executive Director, Stephen Smith, is…
The Smith Family Residential Solar System
SACE Executive Director Stephen Smith recently became the owner of the largest residential solar system in the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) region, covering his home with 36 198-watt Sharp solar photovoltaic (PV)…
Celebrate World Oceans Day, June 8, 2009
ACT NOW FOR STRONG LEGISLATIVE ACTION TO CURB GLOBAL WARMING POLLUTION! Did you know that one-third of all the carbon dioxide that spews out from our coal-fired power plants and car exhausts dissolves…
Gambling with our future in Mississippi
So while I don’t Twitter, I do want to share what I’m doing early this week. I’m attending the Southern Growth Policies Board 37th Annual Conference in Biloxi, Mississippi. The title of…
Waxman-Markey Zeroes Renewable Energy Standard, Drops Efficiency Sharply
This blog was written by John D. Wilson, former Deputy Director for Regulatory Policy at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
Inaction In Florida
The hope that Florida would develop a market for renewable energy recently went up in flames because the Fla. House of Representatives failed to act this session. Unfortunately, we’ll now have to…
Earth 2100: Our Inevitable Future? or How to Avoid Global Warming's Impacts through Action
This blog was written by Jennifer Rennicks, former Senior Director of Policy & Communications at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
TVA, Southeast Score Largest Exemptions from House RES
This blog was written by John D. Wilson, former Deputy Director for Regulatory Policy at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
House Committee Votes on Climate Legislation
It wasn’t an easy journey, yet the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES) cleared a first hurdle yesterday evening as the House Committee on Energy and Commerce approved it…