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Five years since Kingston: Juliette, Georgia still waiting for solutions
Four weeks from now marks the fifth anniversary of the Kingston coal ash spill, one of the worst environmental disasters in American history. Leading up to the anniversary we are posting a series of blogs…
TVA Five Years Later - Lessons Not Learned
This Guest Post was written by Lisa Evans, Senior Administrative Counsel for Policy and Legislation at Earthjustice, and originally appeared on Earthjustice's blog unEARTHED. You can access the original blog here. Angela Garrone, SACE's Southeast…
No More Sweetheart Coal Ash Deals
While old-fashioned romance might go over well with your sweetie this Valentine's day, old-fashioned coal ash dumps scattered across the Southeast need to go. The recent Dan River coal ash spill once…
SACE Staff Testify at EPA Coal Ash Hearing
On Tuesday September 14 in Charlotte, NC hundreds of citizens, environmentalists, industry representatives and others gathered to voice their opinions about EPA's two proposals to regulate coal ash waste - the hazardous…
Coal Ash Still Has North Carolina Stumped
In our work to promote clean, healthy and safe energy choices in the Southeast, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy tackles some pretty complex issues; from the big-picture question of how to reduce our…
Coal Ash Legal Fight Moves to Florida
With all the news following the Dan River coal ash disaster this February, it may seem that North Carolina is the only Southeastern state with coal ash woes. Unfortunately, there are plenty…
Solar energy continues to provide investments and jobs in the Southeast
Stion's thin-film solar panels will be manufactured at a new facility in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Solar energy is fast becoming an economic driver in a location that may surprise some people: the Southeast. The…
Scathing report finds Alabama PSC failing to protect ratepayers
A new report from the Arise Citizens’ Policy Project released March 1, “Public Utility Regulation Without the Public: The Alabama Public Service Commission and Alabama Power” [PDF] details ways Alabama’s utility regulatory…
What Is Your Electric Utility Planning for its Coal Ash?
Utilities in the Southeast are already starting to "close" toxic coal ash pits. We calculated how much ash will be excavated and how much will be left in mostly unlined pits posing…