S. David Freeman, 94, Tireless Advocate for Clean Energy, Dies
“He was like a dog with a bone. When he felt he was on the right track, he was relentless.”
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Why Is Florida Dragging Its Feet On Rooftop Solar?
A New York Times article examining Florida's lagging solar adoption despite abundant sunshine, attributing the slowdown to utility opposition and regulatory barriers. The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy is quoted as a vocal advocate for expanding…
Nuclear Commission Expected to Vote on New Reactors
“The potential is high for cost overruns, regulatory problems, outage issues, competing water needs in the state, drought situations, radioactive waste management issues and a range of ratepayer issues”
North Carolina to Ban Mountaintop Wind?
“I know of no other state that has so uniformly banned wind”
E.P.A. Lists 'High Hazard' Coal Ash Dumps
“It's still unclear to me what the E.P.A.'s ultimate goal here is to do. Are they really going to aggressively regulate this material like they need to, or are they taking more of a hands-off approach?”
Is America Ready to Quit Coal?
“Utilities like to plan their world around big traditional power plants. Only when they are forced are they willing to rethink that business model.”
Collapse of the Clean Coal Myth
A New York Times editorial argues that recent negative events for the Tennessee Valley Authority—including a massive coal ash spill in Roane County, Tennessee and a federal court ruling requiring emissions reductions from TVA coal plants—undermine…
Utility Board Votes to Restart a Nuclear Reactor in Alabama That Has Been Idle Since 1985
“They're taking an old nuclear reactor that has not operated for 17 years, and they're going to run it longer and harder than it was designed for. It originally had a design life of 40 years, which they want to extend for 20 years, and they want to force it to produce 1,300 megawatts when it was designed for 1,000. It's a prescription for a serious problem.”