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1 year since Dan River: 3 ways to prevent another coal ash disaster
One year ago today, Duke Energy dumped nearly 39,000 tons of coal ash and 24 million gallons of wastewater into the Dan River near Eden, North Carolina. That's a total of 140,000 tons…
Driving Clean Transportation Forward in Florida: Funding Opportunity and RFIs for VW Settlement Funds
On October 8, 2019, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) released its Final Beneficiary Mitigation Plan, outlining how Florida’s $166 million portion in Volkswagen Dieselgate funds will be spent.
Florida Public Service Commission Approves State’s Largest Electric Transportation Program
In approving Duke Energy Florida’s rate settlement, the Florida Public Service Commission gives the green light to the largest electric transportation program in the state’s history.
Hands Across the Sand returns to oppose oil drilling
Florida’s coasts are still at risk twelve years after BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
TVA struggling to meet court-ordered clean ups
The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported yesterday that that the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) admits it will be "very difficult, if not impossible" to meet court-ordered pollution controls that would clean up…
TVA may shut down least efficient coal plants
The Tennessee Valley Authority, which operates the oldest fleet of coal plants in the South, is looking at shutting down its oldest coal-fired facilities. In April, I blogged about the Tennessee Valley…
What is happening with Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster?
Nearly two and a half years after the tsunami and earthquake that caused the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan, the situation is far from stable. In late August, the emergency status was…