Groups launch push for energy equity
“It's not about the good guy or the bad guy. It's 'When can we come together?'”
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In Southern U.S., Energy Equity Seen as Path to Sustainability
“When we produce energy, we're not doing it at disproportionate costs to certain communities. We would shift energy production to types that don't have negative consequences”
Some See Energy Equity as Path to Sustainability
“When we produce energy, we're not doing it at disproportionate costs to certain communities. We would shift energy production to types that don't have negative consequences”
Santee Cooper agrees to remove 1.3 million tons of coal ash from banks of Waccamaw River
Santee Cooper has agreed to remove 1.3 million tons of coal ash from the Waccamaw River banks following a settlement reached by the Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of environmental groups including the Southern Alliance…
Toxic Pollution Widespread 5 Years After TVA Kingston Coal Ash Spill, Groundwater Contaminated at 11 Power Plant Sites
“For too long TVA has been irresponsible in its management of coal combustion waste and this report validates our concerns that each of their 11 coal plants is endangering our water supply and public health through improper maintenance and monitoring. As we approach the 5 year anniversary of the Kingston disaster, we urge TVA to clean up their coal ash problems and store this waste in ways that do not threaten the drinking water supply or the lives of those living in the Tennessee Valley.”
Ulla Reeves: Five years after coal ash spill, EPA safeguards overdue
“Baby breaches happen more frequently than you might realize — few heard about the 10,000 gallons of coal ash slurry that escaped TVA's Widows Creek impoundment in Alabama just weeks after Kingston's catastrophic failure.”
Greens settle coal suit with DHEC
“We fully expect that the new permit will include stricter, modern pollution controls to better protect Conway and South Carolina's environment”
Enviro Groups Can Challenge Fla. Utility's Nuclear License
“We challenged FPL's proposal to run Turkey Point for decades longer than anticipated because the plant is not being properly managed. This open industrial sewer is polluting Biscayne Bay and putting South Florida's critical drinking water supplies at risk today — this cannot continue into the 2050s.”
Energy Equity Forum - Barbara Hail, San Francisco Public Utility
Southeast Green reports on the first Energy Equity Forum held on June 10, 2013, in Atlanta. The event was supported by multiple advocacy groups including SACE, Georgia Watch, Sustainable Atlanta, and the Partnership for Southern Equity,…
Environmentalists, regulators settle lawsuit over pollution permit at Grainger plant in Conway
Environmental groups including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy settled a lawsuit with South Carolina's Department of Health and Environmental Control, securing agreement to issue a new water pollution control permit for the idled Grainger coal…
LOCAL NONPROFITS GATHER TO SOLVE ENERGY INEQUITY IN GEORGIA
Seven Georgia-based nonprofits, including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, are hosting an energy equity forum called "Equity Matters" in metro Atlanta to address how low-income communities and communities of color are disproportionately impacted by energy…
Environmentalists, Santee Cooper trade claims over Grainger cleanup
Environmental groups including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center, oppose Santee Cooper's proposal to contain coal ash pollution at the closed Grainger plant in Conway, South Carolina using a…
S.C. utility agrees to remove its coal ash
Santee Cooper, South Carolina's largest electric utility, has agreed to remove 1.3 million tons of coal ash from its Grainger power plant beside the Waccamaw River, settling lawsuits filed by environmental groups including the Southern Alliance…
Santee Cooper to recycle coal ash from Conway site
Santee Cooper has agreed to remove 1.3 million tons of coal ash from the Waccamaw River in Conway following a settlement of lawsuits filed by conservation groups including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy. The utility…
Major cleanup planned by state power company
South Carolina's state-owned utility Santee Cooper announced plans to clean up 11 million tons of contaminated coal ash from three power plants and close most remaining coal waste ponds, settling lawsuits filed by environmental groups including…