Black History Month Energy Champions: Rev. Leo Woodberry Fights for Climate Justice and Energy Equity
In honor of Black History Month, SACE is publishing a blog series highlighting the efforts of African American leaders working to ensure that clean energy opportunities are available for all people and…
Climate Justice: A Fight for Equal Opportunity
In honor of Black History Month - the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy is publishing an original blog series highlighting the efforts of African American leaders working to ensure that clean energy opportunities are available…
For Florida homeowner, “biggest barrier to solar is who controls your utilities”
This blog is fourth in a series on diversity in the solar energy field in Florida. Click here for other posts in that series. Homeowner Michelle A. Vigil has covered her downtown Tampa house and…
Hundreds Gather in Memphis to Discuss Environmental Justice Issues
This blog was co-authored by Sandra Upchurch, SACE's Memphis Energy Organizer. As fall descended on Memphis, over 250 people attended the Sierra Club’s 13th Annual Grassroots Community Conference. This was the first…
Clean, Distributed Energy Can Benefit Low-Income Families
This post, authored by Jorge Madrid and Marilynn Marsh-Robinson, originally appeared on Energy Exchange, a blog by Environmental Defense Fund, on November 17, 2014. You can view the original post here. We’ve spent…
Uniontown, AL Prepares to Demand Justice on Coal Ash
This guest post is written by Debra Mayfield and was originally published on Earthjustice's blog on August 19, 2014. Earlier this month, Marianne Engelman Lado from the Northeast office and I travelled back…
New Southeast EPA Administrator Faces Challenges Ahead
In the first month of 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency appointed Heather McTeer Toney as the new Region 4 Administrator. The former Regional Administrator, Gwendolyn Keyes Fleming, left to become chief of staff…
40 Religious Groups Practicing Creation Care with Wind Turbines
This blog complements “Solar Spirit” - 50 Religious Groups Practicing Creation Care with Solar Panels, posted March 6. Creation Care merges faith with proactive solutions to protect God's creation. Next week, the…
Five years since Kingston: Perry County, Alabama's Toxic Tragedy
This week marks the fifth anniversary of the Kingston coal ash spill, one of the worst environmental disasters in American history. In the weeks leading up to the anniversary, we have been posting a series…
New NAACP report touts energy equity opportunities
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) released a new report this week, Just Energy Policies, profiling energy policies that can help reform energy production and use in the…