The Solar Uprising Begins
Floridians stood up for solar in a major way at last Thursday’s Solar Uprising Rally in Tallahassee, FL. With over 300 people in attendance, loudly calling for the state to adopt policies…
Burying the evidence and our heads: North Carolina deletes climate docs
I don't know about you, but I've really found the breaking news on climate change assaulting and terrifying lately. Headlines like "Climate Change: ‘Abrupt,’ Unpredictable,’ ‘Irreversible’ and ‘Highly Damaging'" have frequented my…
Floridians Stand Up for Solar Today at the State Capitol
This blog was written by Jennifer Rennicks, former Senior Director of Policy & Communications at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
Tax Policy Can Create Level Playing Field
This is a guest post written by Paul Holshouser of the American Wind Energy Association. The original blog is available through this link. A level playing field. The idea of it is…
Miami Tackles Sea Level Rise in Absence of State Leadership
In recent blogs, I expressed my surprise and disappointment in our lack of state-wide clean energy policy solutions in Florida to mitigate the worst impacts of climate change. Since then I have…
Remembering TN's Coal Ash Problems After NC's Dan River Disaster
In the wake of the recent coal ash disaster at Duke Energy’s Dan River plant in Eden, NC, environmental groups have become increasingly concerned with the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation’s…
Florida's Big Power Companies: Influence or Coincidence?
A report released today by a non-profit watchdog group, Integrity Florida, concludes that hefty political contributions by the state’s biggest power companies and their army of lobbyists have helped advance the interest…
Coal Ash Gets Its Day In Court
As predicted in our last blog post on the Dan River coal ash disaster, the repercussions of this tragic event continue to make daily news. While environmental and community advocacy groups have…
NRC May I? An explanation of the nuclear safety implications of 10 CFR 50.59 and its relevance to St. Lucie Unit 2
This blog post by Dave Lochbaum, director of the Nuclear Safety Project with the Union of Concerned Scientists, originally ran on March 4, 2014 in their All Things Nuclear: Insights on Science…
12 Business Cases that Support Offshore Wind Energy
This blog entry was written by Allie Brown, former Clean Energy Advocacy Manager at SACE.