TVA Bellefonte: A Nuclear Ford Pinto
Place your Bets If you were going to spend (bet) $8 billion on two nuclear reactors, would you invest in a nuclear reactor design with the following history? They were designed in…
Fighting Coal in the South: Early Victory Sets the Stage
The following is an adaptation of a story about SACE's early work. The original story appeared in a publication released by the Energy Foundation: Our battles require consistent and focused pressure here…
SACE Response to U.S. Senator Alexander Remarks About Japanese Nuclear Crisis
Our thoughts and prayers continue to go out to the people of Japan as they struggle in the aftermath of last week's devastating earthquake and tsunami. The escalating crisis at the failing…
Attacks on the EPA endanger public health and our economy
The basis for this post was an oped I authored, which ran today - Tuesday, February 15, 2011 - in the Tennessean. The original is published here alongside US Rep. Marsha Blackburn's…
Early Steps in Making our Knoxville Office More Efficient
For over five years, the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy has maintained our Knoxville office on the 100 block of Gay Street in downtown. We are proud to announce that we have…
Northern Exposure - shining a light on Canadas dirty tar sands oil
There is little question that America remains addicted to oil just as we were five years ago when then President George W. Bush famously included that statement in his 2006 State of…
TVA Ahead of the Pack in Pollution and Pollution Reduction
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) issued a January 6, 2011 release that uses a recent study by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to highlight TVA's successful reductions of dangerous air pollutants. The fact…
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…
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…