New Tax Credit for CHP in North Carolina
This post was authored by former SACE staffer, Glenn Mauney. On August 2nd, North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue signed into law HB 1829, an expanded Combined Heat and Power (CHP) and renewable…
Chattanooga Paper Runs Op-Ed on New Proposed Ozone Standards
The following Opinion piece from SACE staff was published in the Chattanooga Times Free Press on Sunday August 22, 2010. (Note that links and images were not published in the original version).…
Time to crack down on toxic coal ash
SACE is closely following the issue of coal ash waste, and the proposed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule to finally regulate the toxic by-product of burning coal. To highlight the importance of…
TVA Announces Old Coal Retirements
Last Friday the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) announced a new vision for its energy portfolio at their August Board meeting. (We will be blogging on this in more detail soon.) TVA CEO…
Comments from Stephen A. Smith at EETNs Ribbon Cutting for Largest Solar Site in TN
Comments from Dr. Stephen A. Smith, Executive Director, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, August 12, 2010 at EETN’s Ribbon Cutting for Tennessee’s largest solar site. First let me thank Robbie and Harvey…
Dysfunctional politics continues to stall confirmation of TVA Board nominees
Nearly a year after President Obama nominated four people to fill vacant seats on TVA's Board of Directors, and 6 months after the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works unanimously approved…
Gulf Gusher Tentatively Plugged, Residents Left With Oily Sludge and Distrust
BP and government officials state that the "static kill" procedure used to stop oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico for over 3 months is a tentative success as of Friday, August…
SACE Guest Blog with Bill McKibben
We're Hot as Hell and We're Not Going to Take It Any More Three Steps to Establish a Politics of Global Warming This blog posting features an article by 350.org co-founder Bill…
Appeals Court Undermines Regional Clean Air
The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Virginia, struck a very serious blow to Southeast air quality last week when it overturned an interstate nuisance ruling in the case of Tennessee…
Knoxville Jail Locks Up One of the Largest Solar Hot Water Systems in the Nation
Contributions to this blogpost were made by SACE's Lauren Steier and Joanna Malcom of FLS Energy. A huge solar hot water system was recently installed on Knox County's Detention Center just outside…