Closing Coal Plants - A Billion Dollar Industry
According to a new report, closing and decommissioning coal plants will account for a multibillion dollar industry by the end of the decade. New research by Navigant Research asserts that between now and…
What do bridges have in common with renewable energy?
The brand new Jekyll Island Convention Center recently hosted the 8th Annual Georgia Environmental Conference in Georgia. I was fortunate enough to be a speaker on a panel about renewable energy myths.…
I'm attending Offshore WINDPOWER, are you?
This year, the American Wind Energy Association and the Offshore Wind Development Coalition are hosting their Offshore WINDPOWER conference in Providence, Rhode Island on October 22-23. This annual event usually draws about 1,000…
Boosting Renewable Energy to 25% of Electricity Supply in Western U.S. Would Cut Pollution, Save Billions
This guest post was authored by Michael Goggin and originally published on the American Wind Energy Association's Into the Wind blog. The Western U.S. could reap huge benefits in pollution savings and…
The Science on Climate is Still Clear, Now What Do We Do?
SACE Director of Policy & Communications Jennifer Rennicks contributed to this blogpost. Hundreds of scientists are wrapping up a week-long meeting in Stockholm, Sweden where they gathered to discuss and release the…
Southeast Coal Roundup - Duke and Other Southeast Utilities
Across our region, utilities are announcing idling or retirement of their older, uncontrolled coal units and embracing futures with less coal and more renewables in their long term generation planning. First we…
EPA Announces Limits to Greenhouse Gas Emissions on New Power Plants
This Guest Post was written by Laura Beans and was originally posted on EcoWatch.com The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced proposed carbon emissions standards for new power plants [on Friday, Sept. 20].…
FPL wins, Floridians lose and why is FPL still pursuing new nuclear reactors at Turkey Point?
This blog was written by Sara Barczak, former Regional Advocacy Director with the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
Southeast River Runs Part 10: Five things you can do to stop coal ash pollution
This is the tenth and final blog in a series featuring rivers of the Southeast endangered by toxic coal ash pollution. The rest of the series can be found here. Many thanks to…
Southeast Coal Roundup - Southern Company
Due to the perfect storm of stricter environmental regulations, the current state of malaise in the U.S. economy and the drastic reduction in the price of natural gas, we are beginning to…