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Green Spirit Awards: Cheers to North Carolina brewery, winery and distillery
This is the first blog in a monthly series, highlighting breweries, wineries and distilleries in the Southeast using clean energy to create tasty, sustainable beverages. As blogs get added to this series, go…
Solar Sunday at Highland Brewing Company!
This blog was written by Sarah Gilliam, former Communications Coordinator at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
Electric Vehicle Weekly News Roundup – Oct 19
"The U.S. Has 1 Million Electric Vehicles, but Does It Matter?" The article includes a summary of the current dire need for EVs as a solution to decarbonizing our transportation sector, the global market…
NC Lawmakers Come Up Short on Coal Ash
In the days and weeks after the Dan River disaster, North Carolina legislators made bold promises to protect the public from dangerous and polluting coal ash sites. Since May there's been several…
Knoxville proposes new Greenhouse Gas Emission Goals
US cities are taking action to address the climate crisis. Knoxville, Tennessee recently unveiled goals to cut greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). Here we review those goals, how they could affect the Scruffy…
Duke dealt largest federal criminal fine in NC history for coal ash crimes
On May 14, 2015, Duke Energy pled guilty to 9 criminal misdemeanor violations of the Clean Water Act. The charges stemmed from a widened investigation, after the Dan River disaster, that found…