White House Announces Steps to Curb Methane Emissions
Yesterday, the White House announced its first-ever efforts aimed at reducing methane emissions from the oil and natural gas industries. President Obama announced his latest step in his Administration's effort to combat…
Knoxville Advances to Quarterfinals in Georgetown University Energy Prize
Saving money through energy efficiency is already a sweet deal, but the chance to win a $5 million prize sweetens the pot quite a bit. Today marks the official start of the…
2015: The Year of New Public Health Standards for Ozone
With only one month left in the year, the Environmental Protection Agency released its long awaited and updated proposed ground-level ozone standards on November 25, 2014. EPA updated its ozone standard in…
Public Comment Period Closes for EPA's Clean Power Plan, But There's More Work to be Done
You can access previous SACE blogs on the Clean Power Plan by clicking the following links: May 28th, June 23rd, July 30th, and August 25th. You can also access a recent SACE…
Will the EPA Coal Ash Rule Survive?
This blog was originally posted on October 28, 2014 by Lisa Evans of Earthjustice. Sometime after midnight, the White House made it official—its review of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) coal ash…
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…
U.S. Falters Again on Global Climate Leadership Despite Small Steps at Home
Last month at the United Nations Climate Summit in New York, President Obama acknowledged America's responsibility to act on climate change. On the eve of the U.N. Summit, hundreds of thousands of people marched on the…
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…
Cambio Climático 101 – La Clase que Finalmente Recibió el Gobernador Scott…
AVISO: Puede atender a la clase que recibió el Gobernador viendo este webinar de SACE . Atender Webinar. Mas información (leer un blog similar en inglés.) El pasado martes 19 de agosto Rick Scott,…