EPA Moves Forward As Harvard Recognizes Billions of "Hidden" Clean Power Plan Benefits
UPDATE: EPA published its draft Clean Energy Incentive Program rule language in the Federal Register on June 30, 2016 - officially beginning the public comment period. EPA will accept public comments on…
SCOTUS Nominee Merrick Garland and Environmental Regulation
Today, at a live event in the Rose Garden, President Obama nominated Merrick Garland, currently the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Reminding everyone…
Guest Post: Polluters are Making the Same Old “Sky is Falling” Claims about the Clean Power Plan
This Guest Post was written by Graham McCahan, Senior Attorney with the Environmental Defense Fund. The original post appeared on EDF's Climate 411 blog and can be viewed here. The ink wasn’t…
The Supreme Court, the Mercury Rule and Chicken Little
Last week, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Mercury and Air Toxics Standard (MATS), set to go into effect next month.…
Catch-22: New EPA Mercury Rule Ties Up Plant Washington
On March 28, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a revised final Mercury and Air Toxics Standard (MATS) rule for new air emission sources (i.e. new power plants). The revised final rule…
Tour with a Twist: What is Ripe to Retire in Georgia and Alabama?
This blog was written by Amelia Shenstone, former Regional Advocacy Director with the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
Georgia Power takes major step away from dirty coal
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy applauds Georgia Power's January 7 announcement that it will seek approval to retire several of its least economical, oldest, and dirtiest electric generators – 2061 MW worth…
Attacks Against Clean Air Keep Coming
They say that bad things come in threes. Recently we've seen three very bad ideas to attack and undermine the Clean Air Act on three of the worst categories of air pollution…
Instead of Coal, Santa and EPA Bring Relief from Toxic Mercury
With less than a week to go before Christmas, you might think that this post is about an early present. In fact, it’s about a late present—two decades late—but it is a…
Enough Lies and Misinformation
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson is set to finalize a crucial new clean air rule to limit mercury pollution. Meanwhile opponents of clean energy are tripping over themselves to have the…