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692 mentions for topic: Climate Advocacy
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“While their withdrawal ... doesn't necessarily reflect a change in TVA's policy, it is a move in the right direction. We never believed TVA should use ratepayer money to undermine clean air protections”
“If we're going to have a national energy debate, let's reconsider the business-as-usual approach of constantly chasing the demand by coal mining and oil drilling”
“This is really bad news. It's another example of how the administration is trying to do an end run on the will of the people. He (President Bush) knows his initiative is unpopular and he can't get it through elected representatives of the people. What he's doing is compromising public health.”
“Our members live and breathe in the vicinity of some of the oldest and dirtiest power plants in the country”
Op-ed arguing that carbon cap-and-trade legislation should auction pollution allowances to polluters rather than distributing them for free. The author cites a Southern Alliance for Clean Energy statement signed by 600 economists supporting auctions, and uses…
Thousands of Floridians participated in a statewide "Hands Across the Sand" initiative on February 14, 2010, to protest proposed offshore oil drilling along Florida's coasts. Tom Larson, identified as a member of both the Sierra Club…
“Having personally experienced a child struggling for breath during an asthma attack, I can assure you little else matters when children's health is at risk”
Dr. Gregory K. Moss, senior pastor at St. Paul Baptist Church in Charlotte, writes an op-ed advocating for strong clean air and water standards from a faith perspective. He criticizes congressional votes to relax clean air…
A community forum held in Key Biscayne on July 15, 2010, addressed the Gulf oil spill crisis and energy solutions. Moderated by clean energy activist Susan Glickman, the event featured speakers from environmental organizations, government agencies,…
Environmental groups, including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, urged the EPA during a public hearing to set greenhouse gas emission limits on power plants and oil refineries. SACE representative Seandra Rawls highlighted how new carbon…
“the Southeast has the potential for abundant clean energy production but is "languishing under a deficit of political leadership."”
Letters to the editor responding to Cal Thomas's column dismissing climate change concerns. Writers argue that people of faith have a moral obligation to address climate change through energy efficiency and renewable energy adoption. The second…
Guest editorial arguing that cap-and-trade legislation is an effective market-based policy tool for reducing pollution and driving clean energy innovation. The author cites the successful 1990s Acid Rain Program as historical precedent and notes Tennessee's emerging…
Two opinion letters debate Senator Alexander's Republican boycott of climate change legislation in Congress. Rev. Douglas B. Hunt of Tennessee Interfaith Power & Light urges Alexander to support climate and energy legislation, while a second letter…
Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus faces pressure from environmental coalitions, including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, to schedule hearings on the Cantwell-Collins cap-and-dividend climate bill. Multiple letters from environmental groups and AARP have been sent…
