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Is North Carolinas renewable energy law in jeopardy?
This guest post, by Sue Sturgis, originally appeared on the Institute for Southern Studies' Facing South blog on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 and is re-posted here with permission. In 2007, North Carolina…
EPA: Coal Plants Still #1 Source of U.S. Carbon Emissions
There's nothing like a heaping serving of data to really drive a point home - and that's exactly what the Environmental Protection Agency does with its most recent report of plant-by-plant emissions…
Enlisting the Sun: A Solar Powered Military in the 21st Century
This blog was written by Jennifer Rennicks, former Senior Director of Policy & Communications at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
Why the U.S. Power Grid's Days are Numbered
This article was originally published by Bloomberg Businessweek on August 22, 2013, and was authored by Chris Martin, Mark Chediak, and Ken Wells. There are 3,200 utilities that make up the U.S. electrical grid, the…
Privatizing Bellefonte: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
You might think that if some prominent power brokers pitched a plan that promised to shut down more than twenty coal-fired power plants owned by the Tennessee Valley Authority, that an organization…
How does the wind energy Production Tax Credit benefit the Southeast?
Click here to contact your elected officials today to voice your support for wind energy. The Production Tax Credit (PTC) is a little-known federal incentive that can promote economic development from the private wind…
New NAACP report touts energy equity opportunities
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) released a new report this week, Just Energy Policies, profiling energy policies that can help reform energy production and use in the…
Big Wind Turbines, Big Opportunity for the South
The Department of Energy recently announced a $2 million funding opportunity to improve logistics for taller wind turbines, which is big news for everyone in the South. Not only could the funding…
South Carolina: The perfect case study for new EPA power plant rules
The following article is a guest post by Frank Knapp, Jr., President and CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce. It was originally published this morning, June 5, on…
What the Clean Power Plan Means for the Southeast
On Wednesday, June 18, the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed Clean Power Plan was published in the Federal Register, officially starting the 120-day comment period. Released on June 2, the Clean Power Plan…