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Southeast Coal Roundup - Duke and Other Southeast Utilities
Across our region, utilities are announcing idling or retirement of their older, uncontrolled coal units and embracing futures with less coal and more renewables in their long term generation planning. First we…
Question and Answer: An improved tool for watchdogging coal ash in the Southeast
This is a guest post originally reported on by Southeast Energy News. Click here to read the original article. For info about an upcoming webinar on SoutheastCoalAsh.org, go here. Coal ash waste…
How Will Hurricane Irma Impact Coal Ash in her Path?
This blog was written by Amelia Shenstone, former Regional Advocacy Director with the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
Honoring Black History Month and the Path Towards Energy Justice: Hollis Briggs of Wilmington, NC
This blog is the first in our 2016 Black History Month series honoring advocates and opportunities to advance energy justice. Information for this blog was taken from a phone interview with Hollis Briggs…
Clean Coal: A Costly Chimera?
The subject of coal has been dominating news lately. After being unregulated for decades, the Environmental Protection Agency is finally crafting regulations to limit carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants. Currently, proposed…
What Is Your Electric Utility Planning for its Coal Ash?
Utilities in the Southeast are already starting to "close" toxic coal ash pits. We calculated how much ash will be excavated and how much will be left in mostly unlined pits posing…
Use Southeastcoalash.org to Discover If Toxic Coal Ash is Stored Near You
Want to learn more? Join our webinar on October 19 from 10:00–10:30 AM! The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE) is pleased to unveil the redesigned southeastcoalash.org. Our southeast power plant map…
Georgia Power, Alabama Power to begin addressing coal ash storage
This article is posted with permission of the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC). Click here to see their original post. SELC represents SACE in several coal ash related legal cases. Georgia Power…
New Customizable Coal Ash Reports Highlight the Danger in Our Back Yards
Today, as EPA's deadline to finalize coal ash rules rapidly approaches, SACE unveiled a new tool to help concerned citizens, activists, policymakers, and reporters better understand the potential hazards of toxic coal ash…
Duke Energy's Commitment to Overspend on Coal Plants
This blog was written by John D. Wilson, former Deputy Director for Regulatory Policy at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.