Five years since Kingston: Perry County, Alabama's Toxic Tragedy
This week marks the fifth anniversary of the Kingston coal ash spill, one of the worst environmental disasters in American history. In the weeks leading up to the anniversary, we have been posting a series…
Privatizing Bellefonte: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
You might think that if some prominent power brokers pitched a plan that promised to shut down more than twenty coal-fired power plants owned by the Tennessee Valley Authority, that an organization…
New NAACP report touts energy equity opportunities
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) released a new report this week, Just Energy Policies, profiling energy policies that can help reform energy production and use in the…
Sutton Case Study: Coal Ash Harms and Kills Fish
A new study released on December 3, 2013, shows that toxic coal ash from Duke Energy's L.V. Sutton Power Station is seriously harming fish and wildlife in Lake Sutton, a popular fishing…
Georgia Power Solar Tariff Withdrawn
Today, the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) took another step towards using solar power to reform the state's largest monopoly electric utility, Georgia Power. SACE applauds the PSC decision to approve a settlement…
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…
We're confident that radioactive waste is a problem but what do nuclear regulators think?
Lately there's been a lot of talk about 'waste confidence.' It's a wholly confusing term about an extremely important topic: the toxic, highly radioactive nuclear waste that's been produced by and is…
Solar MythBusters #1: Clouds blocking solar in the Sunshine State?
SACE staff member Charlie Coggeshall contributed to this post. This is the first in a series of blogs on solar myths; stay tuned for future MythBuster posts in the coming months! Orlando…
Alabama Power distracts from real issues at informal hearing
On December 10, the Alabama Public Service Commission (PSC) conducted an “informal public hearing” regarding Alabama Power’s capital expenditures for environmental compliance. The three-and-a-half hour hearing effectively demonstrated Alabama’s systemic failure to…
Five years since Kingston: Cane Run, Kentucky still waiting for solutions
Two weeks from now marks the fifth anniversary of the Kingston coal ash spill, one of the worst environmental disasters in American history. In the weeks leading up to the anniversary, we are posting a…