New SACE Report on Questionable Coal Pollution Control Technology
Today, SACE released a new report on Dry Sorbent Injection (DSI) technology - a troubling new sulfur dioxide control method recently touted by some utilities as a cheap, quick answer to comply with EPA's new…
How Clean is Your Air? The Answers Might Surprise You
This blog was written by Jennifer Rennicks, former Senior Director of Policy & Communications at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
Laughing for Life: Comedy Benefit for SACE
On Saturday April 20, 2013, SACE partnered with Knox Comedy Live in the 5th Annual Laughing for Life Comedy Benefit Show. This was the first time Knoxville, TN played host to Laughing…
Sounding The Moral Trumpet for the Environment
This post is written by Reverend Dr. Gerald L. Durley, Pastor Emeritus, Providence Missionary Baptist Church, Atlanta, GA and consultant for SACE. As we celebrate Earth Month and reflect on bringing awareness…
Georgia Power is Going With the Wind
Georgia Power has just joined other southern electric utilities by announcing a decision to buy wind energy. If the Georgia Public Service Commission agrees to the deal, the Peach State will be…
After 30 Years EPA Proposes New Coal Water Pollution Standards
On Friday, April 19, the Environmental Protection Agency met a court-ordered deadline and released long-awaited draft Coal Water Pollution Standards (also known as Effluent Limitation Guidelines or ELGs). These standards, originally scheduled for…
Who opposes the Florida nuclear tax? Florida seniors!
This blog was written by Sara Barczak, former Regional Advocacy Director with the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
Repeal of the REPS will hurt North Carolina
UPDATE: A proposal to end North Carolina's renewable energy program was defeated by a surprisingly wide margin on Wednesday, April 24 in a legislative committee chaired by the bill's sponsor, Rep. Mike…
Pull plug on Florida nuclear tax
This guest post, originally published here by the Tampa Bay Times, was written by Mark Cooper, an economic analyst with the Vermont Law School's Institute for Energy and the Environment. He is…
Why We Should Not Drill Offshore the South Atlantic
Today, April 20, marks the 3rd anniversary of the tragic Deepwater Horizon Gulf oil disaster. In spite of how apparent it seemed three years ago that offshore drilling is a bad idea…