Florida Communities Want to Talk Climate in the Presidential Debates
UPDATE, March 11: Questions on climate change were posed in both the Democratic and Republican debates this week. See the details on our blog post here. Sea level rise is contributing to…
Honoring Black History Month and the Path Towards Energy Justice: Creating a Climate for Change
This is the fifth and final post in our 2016 Black History Month blog series honoring advocates and highlighting opportunities to advance energy justice. To read other blogs in this series, click…
What Does Scalia’s Passing Mean for the ‘Paused’ Clean Power Plan?
Kailie Melchior, SACE's Communications Research Intern, co-wrote this blog. America’s first regulation aimed at reigning in carbon pollution from our nation's power sector may avoid some of the increasing politicization of our…
Guest Post: What's Next for the Clean Power Plan?
This post was written by the David Doniger, Director of the Natural Resources Defense Council's Climate and Clean Air Program and originally appeared on NRDC's Switchboard blog. You can view the original post…
Clean Power Plan Hits Speed Bump in Unprecedented Move by Supreme Court
In today's world of heightened political theatre, it's hard to be surprised anymore. Yesterday, however, the Supreme Court surprised many by agreeing to stay implementation of the Clean Power Plan before the…
How Clean Energy and Birds Can Coexist
This post originally appeared on the Audubon website. Clean energy—led by solar and wind power—is expanding quickly both in the U.S. and abroad, thanks to the economic opportunities they present as well as the momentum…
President Obama emphasizes climate legacy in SOTU, but will he earn it?
SACE staffer Sarah Gilliam contributed to this blogpost. Last night, President Obama delivered his final State of the Union address, which strongly emphasized the role he hopes that having acted on climate…
2015 Registers As 2nd Hottest Year On Record in U.S.
2015 was the second hottest year on record in the United States, according to news released yesterday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The 2015 annual average U.S. temperature was…
Fool's Gold? Nuclear Power and Climate Change
Below is a guest blog post with permission to re-post from Gregory Jaczko, former U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman and Commissioner, originally published in the Huffington Post's "The Blog" on December 14,…
SACE Testimony shows why Clean Power Plan means jobs for Tennessee
Earlier today, I testified before the Tennessee Legislature's Government Operations Joint Committee on the importance of the Clean Power Plan and its significance for Tennessee. As you can see by the line up,…