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Tracking two important EPA pollution rules
In the past few weeks, new information has become publicly available about two important pending rules from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). One rule would set the first-ever, national standards for greenhouse…
Ash Time Goes By, Part 3
This guest post is written by Michael Patoka of the Center for Progressive Reform, and was originally entitled "Ash Time Goes By: Administration Continues Foot-Dragging on Coal Ash Rule as Toxic Landfills and…
Southern Co. says NO to new coal but Dean Alford plows ahead with bad business deal
Southern Company, the dinosaur of the utility world, has now declared new coal plants a dead end due to competitive prices of natural gas. The April 18, 2011 Energy & Coal Price Report reports…
Urging Nuclear Accountability in Washington
Last month, I joined theAlliance for Nuclear Accountabilityin Washington, D.C. for their annual DC Days. I was one of nearly a hundred concerned citizens and activists from across the nation that converged in…
FERC Deadlocked, SEEM Moves Forward
On October 12, 2021, the Southeast Energy Exchange Market (SEEM) proposed in Docket No. ER21-1111 "became effective by operation of law" because of the "absence of Commission action on or before October…
Protecting our kids: Asheville residents call for limits to carbon pollution
This blog was written by Jennifer Rennicks, former Senior Director of Policy & Communications at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
Two is Better Than One: SC Public Service Commissioners Support Efficiency for the Holidays
The South Carolina Public Service Commission affirmed its support for energy efficiency twice during the holiday season! First by approving South Carolina Electric & Gas (SCE&G)'s financial incentive and energy efficiency programs,…
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…
We're confident that radioactive waste is a problem but what do nuclear regulators think?
Lately there's been a lot of talk about 'waste confidence.' It's a wholly confusing term about an extremely important topic: the toxic, highly radioactive nuclear waste that's been produced by and is…
2013: The Year in Review
Seasons greetings from all of us here at SACE! Before we take some time to enjoy the holiday season, we wanted to pause and celebrate our accomplishments over the last year. We…