Time for Rick Scott to take climate change seriously
This blog is a guest post written by Kristin Jacobs and Cindy Lerner and was originally published in Florida's Sun Sentinel on May 23, 2014 and can be viewed here if you have…
EPA Finalizes Power Plant Water Intake Rules To Save Billions Of Aquatic Animals Every Year
This guest piece was written by Ari Phillips and originally published on ThinkProgress' Climate section on May 20, 2014. On Monday [May 19, 2014], the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized standards to try…
FPL a Leader on Solar Energy?
In a recent blog post, I questioned FPL’s leadership on solar power and the scale and design of a recently announced voluntary “community-based” solar program. In a response letter, the Company took offense…
Georgia Power has Gone with the Wind
This morning, the Georgia Public Service Commission unanimously approved the state's first wind farm proposal. About a year ago, Georgia Power announced that it signed a power purchase agreement with EDP Renewables…
A Mother's Missive: Asthmatic Children, Bad Air Days and Carbon Pollution
This blog was written by Jennifer Rennicks, former Senior Director of Policy & Communications at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
Dirty energy takes toll on public health
This post was originally printed in the Orlando Sentinel on May 16 and can be viewed here. Last week, the U.S. Global Change Research Program released the congressionally-mandated National Climate Assessment. The…
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…
Governor Scott, What's Your Plan?
There has been a lot of attention paid to climate change impacts to Florida in the past month, including the record rain storms that resulted in the declaration of a state of…
Climate Change Takes Center Stage on Earth Week in Miami
Climate change impacts, including sea level rise, were front and center in South Florida - paying true respect to Earth Week. While environment-focused events were occurring across Florida, Miami-Dade County was home…
Today's National Climate Assessment Provides the Latest on Climate Change
SACE staffer Jennifer Rennicks co-authored this blogpost. A new report, known as the National Climate Assessment, was released by the White House today, presenting the latest information on the state of climate…