05.11.2016
Take a sneak peek at WINDPOWER 2016 in New Orleans
We recently went down to New Orleans to finalize all the plans for AWEA WINDPOWER 2016 Conference & Exhibition, opening just two weeks from today. It’s the first time our annual conference has come...
05.10.2016
To Drink or Not to Drink: A Change in Advice for North Carolina Well Owners Near Coal Ash Ponds
05.09.2016
Leilani Munter’s Letter to NC DOT About Tesla, Free Market Economics and the Future of Electric Vehicles
I find it sad that the North Carolina Department of Transportation would even consider making it difficult for Charlotte residents to purchase an American-built, Motor Trend Car of the Year that has...
05.05.2016
Shady Solar States
Center for Biological Diversity recently released a report outlining 10 sunny states that are working so hard to keep distributed (rooftop) solar from expanding. The title of the report is: Throwing...
Why is 2016 the Year of the Wind?
2016 is the year to act on wind power in a big way and the clock is ticking. At the end of 2015, Congress passed a long-term phaseout of the federal Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind energy - a...
05.03.2016
Celebrating One Million Solar Installations
Today we are joining thousands of people and organizations across the country to celebrate #MillionSolarStrong – a social media celebration of one million completed solar installations in the USA.
South Carolina Leads Southeast in Coal Ash Cleanup; NC and TN Taking Action
Cleaning up coal ash works. What are our southeastern states doing to make it happen? This post is part one of a two-part series exploring the state of coal ash regulation and clean up in the...
04.29.2016
By Any Other Name… The Battle Over “Community Solar”
Noting the buzzworthy-ness of the term and the warm fuzzies associated with the very idea of community solar, utilities are currently spending significant time and money in an attempt to co-opt the...
04.28.2016
Congress Must Prevent Utilities From Skirting Coal Ash Landfill Requirements
The southeast has more coal ash per capita than any other region of the country, so we hope Rep. Johnson's southern colleagues will co-sponsor and publicly support H.R. 4827.
04.27.2016
Climate Feedback: Scientists Collaborate to Sort Fact from Fiction In Media’s Coverage of Climate Change
