Business Leaders Agree: Florida Needs A Clean Energy Wake-up Call
It is no secret that clean energy advocates, from those of us at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy to Conservatives for Energy Freedom founder Debbie Dooley, think that Floridians are being…
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…
2013 Año Record en Niveles de Impacto de Gases de Efecto Invernadero sobre la Atmosfera y los Océanos
La Organización Meteorológica Mundial (OMM) acaba de hacer público su “Boletín sobre Gases de Efecto Invernadero.” Según el Boletín, la concentración de dióxido de carbono, el principal culpable del calentamiento global, se…
2013 Sets Record in Atmospheric CO2, Makes Biggest Leap Since 1980s
The results are in and they are sobering: last year was the largest annual leap in greenhouse gas concentrations (from 2012 to 2013) that we've seen since the 1980s, and continued the…
Cart Before the Horse: States Sue EPA Over Draft Clean Power Plan
This blog was co-authored by SACE legal intern, Roy Sparks. In June 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued proposed rules under section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act as part of…
Ala. PSC’s Twinkle "Queen of Coal" Cavanaugh intentionally misleads public on television interview
There is a famous saying by the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, "Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts." This morning, Twinkle Cavanaugh, chair of the Alabama…
What the Clean Power Plan Means for the Southeast
On Wednesday, June 18, the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed Clean Power Plan was published in the Federal Register, officially starting the 120-day comment period. Released on June 2, the Clean Power Plan…
SACE Meets with EPA on New Carbon Rule
A handful of advocates from the Southeast traveled to Atlanta on Thursday June 12th to meet with officials from the EPA’s Region 4 office. SACE was joined by other regional advocates Greenlaw, Southern…
North Carolina off to a great start to meet EPA's Clean Power Plan
This is a guest post by Luis Martinez at Natural Resources Defense Council. It was originally published on NRDC's Switchboard blog on June 5, 2014. [Last] Monday, the US Environmental Protection Agency…
EPA proposed regulations suggest states capture up 6 times more efficiency in the Southeast
On June 2, the EPA released its proposed rules on existing coal fired power plants. In our press release, we discussed that the proposed standards call for reductions in carbon emissions from…