Southeast Coast Up For Sale For Offshore Drilling?
Today, the Obama administration proposed a sale to lease the waters off of the Carolinas, Georgia, and Virginia for oil and gas development. The details of this proposal were released in the…
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…
TVA Board Approves Retirement of Allen Coal Plant in Memphis
Today the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Board of Directors voted unanimously to retire all three coal-fired units of the Allen Fossil Plant (990 MW) in Memphis and approved replacement with a new…
Supreme Court Decision Leaves Permit Requirement for Large Polluters in Place
This guest post originally appeared on the Environmental Defense Fund's Climate 411 blog and was written by EDF Senior attorneys Pamela Campos and Peter Zalzal. You can access the original post here. [On June…
TVA Considers Retirement of Allen Fossil Plant in Memphis, TN
Today the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) released a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) outlining its plans to retire the Allen Fossil Plant in Memphis and to replace it with a new natural gas-fired…
5 Ways Tennessee Can Reduce its Power Plant Emissions
This guest blog was written by Michael Obeiter, Kristin Meek and Rebecca Gasper of the World Resources Institute (WRI). The original post can be found here. A new WRI analysis finds that Tennessee can…
Local Biz Owners Say Offshore Drilling is Bad for Business
Who would you say is the most qualified entity to talk about what's good and bad for business on the coast of the Southeastern U.S.? President Obama? The U.S. Chamber of Commerce?…
Many Coal Plants in the Southeast STILL Ripe for Retirement
The Union of Concerned Scientists(UCS) recently released an update to their existing report that identifies many coal units in the Southeast as "Ripe for Retirement." UCS re-analyzed the economics of operating coal…
Alabama Coal Association Whines About Losing in the Free Market
In a letter dated December 9th to Senator Richard Shelby, the Alabama Coal Association has called for an investigation of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy and other environmental groups, complaining that we…
Closing Coal Plants - A Billion Dollar Industry
According to a new report, closing and decommissioning coal plants will account for a multibillion dollar industry by the end of the decade. New research by Navigant Research asserts that between now and…