SACE asked to participate in National Climate Assessment
Each year, starting in 1989, an annual report titled, “Our Changing Planet” has been produced by the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) and submitted to Congress. The USGCRP also conducts the…
Round 3 - Florida Paying for Risky Nuclear Costs
This blog was co-authored by Sara Barczak, former Regional Advocacy Director with the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, and Mandy Hancock, SACE's former High Risk Energy Organizer.
FERC: EPA Rules Will Not Disrupt US Electric Reliability
Congressional supporters of dirty coal are running out of options. The coal-power industry is under pressure to finally clean up its act and efforts to argue that coal power is clean are…
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…
A Perspective On Helping Japan Disaster Victims
Note from SACE High Risk Energy Choices program director, Sara Barczak: SACE Intern Jeannie McKinney authored this guest blog. She is working in our Knoxville, TN office on energy efficiency policy. Prior…
Earthquake Aftershocks
This blog was co-authored by Sara Barczak, former Regional Advocacy Director with the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, and Mandy Hancock, SACE's former High Risk Energy Organizer.
TVA Gambles on Bellefonte Nuclear Reactors
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy has long been concerned with the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) push to add more nuclear reactors to their energy mix in spite of readily available energy efficiency…
SACE in the News: Construction Underway at New Nuclear Plant in Georgia and Wind Power Gets Off the Ground in South Carolina
Safety questions post-Fukushima have created a significant amount of uncertainty regarding the future of nuclear power in the US, as other countries such as Germany move to ban nuclear power. Construction costs,…
August 4: Japan Update-Coping
This blog was co-authored by Sara Barczak, former Regional Advocacy Director with the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, and Mandy Hancock, SACE's former High Risk Energy Organizer.
July 14: Japan Update-Considering Phaseout
This blog was co-authored by Sara Barczak, former Regional Advocacy Director with the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, and Mandy Hancock, SACE's former High Risk Energy Organizer.