Citizens slam Duke for coal ash pollution at shareholder meeting
On May 7, Duke held its annual shareholder meeting outside its headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina. Like most publicly-traded corporations, Duke tried to put on a "dog and pony show" to excite…
Cutting Carbon Pollution Won't Make the Sky Fall
This blog was written by John D. Wilson, former Deputy Director for Regulatory Policy at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
FPL’s nuclear-power plan regressive, harmful
This opinion-editorial was written by TOMÁS REGALADO (Mayor of Miami); CINDY LERNER (Mayor of Pinecrest); PHILIP STODDARD (Mayor of South Miami); and JOSÉ JAVIER RODRÍGUEZ (the State Representative of District 112) and…
New Wind Turbines Could Bring Huge Benefits to Mississippi
This post is the tenth in a blog series discussing state-by-state highlights of wind energy throughout the South in the lead up to the WINDPOWER Expo in Orlando, FL, May 18 –…
Wave of South Carolina Communities Opposes Offshore Drilling
Last night, two more South Carolina bodies of government--the City of Columbia and Charleston County--went on the record against offshore drilling and seismic testing by passing resolutions of opposition. Both Councils passed…
Bigger Turbines, Bigger Opportunities for Virginia
This post is the ninth in a blog series discussing state-by-state highlights of wind energy throughout the South in the lead up to the WINDPOWER Expo in Orlando, FL, May 18 –…
Building an Inclusive Movement to Advance a Sustainable Planet
This guest post was written by Jacqueline Patterson, Director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program, and originally appeared on the Religious Action Center of Reformed Judaism blog on April 22, 2015 and is reprinted…
Tesla needs dirt cheap power to charge PowerWall and PowerPack, but from where?
Tesla, the electric car company, is announcing today that it will begin providing batteries to power households and utilities. Already, the blogosphere is catching fire with excitement over the new PowerWall product.…
Nirvana Fallacy: Must Wind Energy be 100%?
Logical fallacies are frequently employed by politicians and news media to short-circuit a thoughtful and critically thinking public. For example, several arguments against wind power and other renewable energies frequently suffer from…
TVA 2015 IRP Public Comment Period Closes - What's Next?
This week marked the end of the public comment period on the Tennessee Valley Authority's Draft 2015 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). SACE staff, who have been engaged in the planning process for…