Southeast River Runs Part 6: Coal ash in the ACT River Basin
This is the sixth blog in a series featuring rivers of the Southeast endangered by toxic coal ash pollution. The rest of the series can be found here. Thanks to Frank Chitwood,…
Obama Administration Moves Virginia Offshore Wind Energy Forward
Originally posted on the National Wildlife Federation's Wildlife Promise blog by Amber Hewett on July 22, 2012. Reposted with permission from NWF with our gratitude. An announcement this morning gives an important…
Energy Efficiency Model Can Help Meet Climate Goals: California
This was originally presented on NRDC Switchboard in Devra Wang’s Blog, 8-Jul-13, reposted with permission by NRDC.------- California’s 40 years of remarkable success in using energy efficiency to avoid dirty power generation and save utility…
Southeast River Runs Part 5: Coal Ash on the Waccamaw River
This is the fifth blog in a series featuring rivers of the Southeast endangered by toxic coal ash pollution. The rest of the series can be found here. Thanks to Christine Ellis,…
Gina McCarthy Confirmed as EPA Administrator, Finally.
Today, after a lengthy and needlessly political delay, the United States Senate finally confirmed the nomination of Gina McCarthy to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Senate confirmed McCarthy by a…
FPL vs. the Everglades: A costly battle
This blog was written by Samantha Knapp with the National Parks Conservation Association. This summer, an Administrative Law Judge will decide whether to let Florida Power & Light (FPL) run power lines…
5 Ways Capitol Hill Can Boost the American Wind Industry
This blog entry was written by Allie Brown, former Clean Energy Advocacy Manager at SACE.
New Study: Energy Choices Today Affect Water Availability Tomorrow
Today, the Energy and Water in a Warming World initiative (EW3), a collaborative effort between the Union of Concerned Scientists and a team of independent experts, released their second major report, Water-Smart Power:…
More solar and what else? A breakdown of the approved Georgia Power IRP
SACE Renewable Energy Manager Charlie Coggeshall and Energy Efficiency Director Natalie Mims contributed to this post. You've probably heard the news by now: Georgia is going to get a whole lot more…
My WINDependence Day
This post was written by Allie Brown, Renewable Energy Intern for SACE. Spending my 4th of July on the beach made me realize two things, American patriotism is abundant and so is…