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08.05.2015

Final Clean Power Plan Safeguards Public Health and Spurs Clean Energy Growth

On Monday, President Obama announced the release of the finalized Clean Power Plan, our nation's first regulations to limit carbon pollution from existing fossil-fueled power plants. The Clean Power...

07.30.2015

Low Cost Path for Southern Company to Comply with EPA’s Clean Power Plan

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

07.29.2015

New nuclear reactor designs and concepts are expensive, challenging – New GAO report

This blog was written by Sara Barczak, former Regional Advocacy Director with the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.

07.22.2015

Obama threatens to veto bill that would undermine EPA coal ash rule

07.14.2015

Protecting Florida’s Apalachicola River from Coal Ash Pollution

07.14.2015

First in Flight North Carolina Gets First Wind Farm

While the Amazon Wind Farm US East isn't the first wind farm in the South (as many, many news reports incorrectly stated), it certainly is the largest. In 2004, the wind development company Invenergy...

07.08.2015

Researchers Blow Away Wind Energy Myths, Prove Wind Power Viability in the South

For utility companies, grid operators and other stakeholders interested in wind energy integration, collecting large quantities of high quality data on wind energy resources is vitally important....

07.07.2015

Hearing on New Vogtle Nuclear Reactors Provides New Information on Mounting Risks and Costs

This blog was written by Sara Barczak, former Regional Advocacy Director with the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.

07.01.2015

Supreme Court Mercury Decision Not a Real Game Changer

In a close 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States sent the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Mercury Air Toxics Standard (MATS) rule back to a lower court for review. Justice...