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9 Ways to #loveCleanEnergy on Valentines Day

It's that time of year again, love is in the air! Along with some snow flurries or rain, depending on where you live... In the spirit of the valentines holiday, we are…

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Putting the “modern” in Duke Energy’s modernization plan

This is a guest blog Joan Walker, MountainTrue Campaign Director/Interim Director of Southern Region.   On January 26, in Asheville, our communities will have their only chance to speak on Duke Energy’s…

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Scary Stuff Blocking Solar in the Sunshine State

I am constantly amazed at how low Florida’s monopoly utilities are willing to go to protect their right to pollute and keep their captive customers.  Frankly, it’s scary and that seems very…

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Is Your State Betting Too Much on Natural Gas for Electricity? A New UCS Analysis Takes a Look

This is a guest post written by Union of Concerned Scientist's staffer John Rogers. The original post can be found here. To read press releases specific to Alabama, Georgia and Florida, visit the SACE news…

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Natural Gas Leaks Echo Decade-Old Finding

This blog was written by John D. Wilson, former Deputy Director for Regulatory Policy at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.

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Washington takes action to stop leaks - of natural gas

This blog was written by John D. Wilson, former Deputy Director for Regulatory Policy at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.

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Study Proves Fossil Fuels Way Worse for Land Use than Renewables

A new, peer-reviewed article published in the scientific journal SCIENCE estimates that 3 million hectares of land (that's 11,583 square miles, or 30,000 square kilometers) have been lost due to oil and gas…

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Researching natural gas leaks is important to regulation

This blog was written by John D. Wilson, former Deputy Director for Regulatory Policy at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.

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The Natural Gas Gamble: New UCS Report Highlights Dependence Concerns

The Natural Gas Gamble Today, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) released a new analysis, which shows that instead of aggressive over-reliance on natural gas by utilities as they phase out coal…

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Hurricane Irene and its Impact on Fossil Fuels and Nuclear Power

This is the first in a three part series of blogs examining how natural disasters like hurricanes impact our energy generation. Traditional energy resources (nuclear, coal, oil and natural gas) appeared to…