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11.04.2016

TGIF! Paris Climate Agreement Officially International Law

Today, the historic Paris Agreement, our first global agreement to limit carbon emissions and keep the global average temperature increase below 20C, officially became international law. Happy...

11.02.2016

How one southeastern city is connecting renewable energy, transit and electric cars

11.01.2016

Local utility quietly clouds solar future

But this past August, our local electric utility company passed perhaps the worst solar power policy in the south. Lafayette Utilities System (LUS) introduced an extremely complicated electric, water...

11.01.2016

Consumer Energy Alliance, Group Behind Fraudulent Petitions and Letters Signed by Dead People, Releases Anti-Solar Report

10.31.2016

SELC, faith groups keep pushing for solar access in N.C.

10.31.2016

Education, trust and data combine to help Empower Chattanooga lower power bills for low-income families

Their mission is simple: teaching low-income residents low- and no-cost ways to reduce their power bills, something that has a direct impact on quality of life. Since launching, the Empower...

10.28.2016

Delivering low-cost renewable energy to the Southeast

Wind resources from western Oklahoma and Texas - where the Clean Line and Pattern Energy transmission line projects will source wind - are being marketed at prices around $20-30 per MWh. That's...

10.27.2016

Amendment 1: Trick or Treat for Florida Voters?

With the spirit of Halloween on our minds, we just had to blog about the tricky, utility-backed Amendment 1 on the ballot in Florida. Over the past few months, over 185 organizations, local...

10.21.2016

FPL’s Flawed Remediation Plan Won’t Solve Turkey Point’s Pollution Problems