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Hundreds of individuals and groups, including Nashville and the EPA, submit comments on TVA’s proposed gas power plant and pipeline
Hundreds of concerned individuals, organizations, local elected officials, and power providers in the Tennessee Valley criticized TVA's proposed Cumberland fossil gas power plant and pipeline plans, and are calling instead for the…
SACE 2010 Carbon Footprint Results
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy recently underwent a short stint of navel gazing by calculating its annual carbon footprint for the second time, and we took appropriate action to attain carbon neutral…
EPA: Coal Plants Still #1 Source of U.S. Carbon Emissions
There's nothing like a heaping serving of data to really drive a point home - and that's exactly what the Environmental Protection Agency does with its most recent report of plant-by-plant emissions…
EPA Announces New Limits on Carbon Pollution that Will Protect Health and Tackle Climate Change
This blog was written by Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council in Washington DC and was originally published on June 2 via NRDC's blog Switchboard. The Obama Administration announced a major…
On the Eve of 2023, North Carolina Utilities Commission Releases Carbon Plan
Next planning process to be influenced by Inflation Reduction Act and recent winter storm blackouts.
Environmental Justice In the Clean Power Plan
This guest post was written by Leslie Fields, Director of Sierra Club's Environmental Justice and Community Partnerships Program, and Alejandra Nuñez, Staff Attorney for the Sierra Club's Environmental Law Program. This post…
Packed House at EPA's Atlanta Hearing on Carbon Rules
Yesterday, the Environmental Protection Agency began two days of public hearings in Atlanta to gather public input on its proposed Clean Power Plan. Originally planned as a one-day hearing, EPA added an…
South Florida Leading the Way: Broward County, FL, Supports EPA's Carbon Limits
The Board of County Commissioners of Broward County, Florida voted today to pass a resolution voicing support for the newly-proposed limits on carbon pollution from power plants. Also known as the Clean…
Carbon Regulation for Existing Coal Plants On the Horizon
In less than a week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will unveil its first ever carbon pollution standards for existing coal-fired power plants. These proposed standards are expected to be released on…
EPA Clean Power Plan Underestimates Power of Renewable Energy to Reduce Carbon Emissions
This blog was written by Steve Clemmer, Director of Energy Research, Clean Energy at the Union of Concerned Scientists and originally appeared on UCS' blog "The Equation." The original post can be…