Wind Farms Don't Affect Property Values
A new report released by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory finds that wind farms do not, in fact, affect the property values of nearby homes. This 2013 study builds upon similar research…
Ash Time Goes By, Part 3
This guest post is written by Michael Patoka of the Center for Progressive Reform, and was originally entitled "Ash Time Goes By: Administration Continues Foot-Dragging on Coal Ash Rule as Toxic Landfills and…
Why Climate Change Is a Civil Rights Issue
This post was written by Dr. Gerald L. Durley, Pastor Emeritus of Providence Missionary Baptist Church, Atlanta, GA and consultant to SACE. It was originally published by the Huffington Post on their…
Why the U.S. Power Grid's Days are Numbered
This article was originally published by Bloomberg Businessweek on August 22, 2013, and was authored by Chris Martin, Mark Chediak, and Ken Wells. There are 3,200 utilities that make up the U.S. electrical grid, the…
Southeast River Runs Part 9: Coal Ash on the Tennessee River
This is the ninth blog in a series featuring rivers of the Southeast endangered by toxic coal ash pollution. The rest of the series can be found here. Thanks to David Whiteside,…
The Earth is Flat and Alabama Has No Wind (a study in misreading maps)
Wind power could provide new jobs and income for northeastern Alabama. Yet, a small number of people have begun a misinformation campaign to ban wind energy in Alabama and prevent millions of…
Florida Making Waves with New Ocean Tech
Although marine hydrokinetic technology (or MKH) suffers from a long wonky name, but holds a lot of promise for delivering consistent renewable energy. Florida Atlantic University recently received a “finding of no…
The New Nuclear Craze
This op-ed by Mark Bittman, originally appeared here in the New York Times. There is a new discussion about nuclear energy, prompted by well-founded concerns about carbon emissions and fueled by a…
The Alabama I Used to Know: Is the Southeast Getting Climate- and Water-Smarter?
This blog by John Rogers, senior energy analyst for the Union of Concerned Scientists' Clean Energy program, originally appeared on The Equation on August 8, 2013. It is part of a series…
Ash Time Goes By, Part 2
This guest post is written by Michael Patoka of the Center for Progressive Reform, and was originally entitled "Ash Time Goes By: Administration Continues Foot-Dragging on Coal Ash Rule as Toxic Landfills…