North Carolina Gets Great Clean Air News
“Under the terms of the settlement, Duke will retire old coal plants that have double the electric generating capacity of Cliffside, and will make those retirements legally binding.”
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Duke Energy makes deal to end challenge to Cliffside permit
Environmental organizations including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy have agreed to drop their legal challenge to Duke Energy's Cliffside coal plant expansion permit in exchange for Duke's commitment to close over 1,600 megawatts of older…
One man halted Duke Energy's solar energy procurement. Clean energy groups say this action was unlawful
North Carolina Utilities Commission Chairman William Brawley unilaterally halted Duke Energy's solar procurement in April without notice or public hearing, according to clean energy groups including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy. During oral arguments, advocates…
Agreement Cuts Pollution by Retiring Dirty Old Coal in Carolinas
“We are pleased to finally have a settlement agreement with Duke Energy to offset the enormous amount of carbon dioxide that the Cliffside coal plant will emit over its lifespan. Duke's old coal plants need to come offline to reduce the company's contribution to climate change while making room for cleaner, more sustainable energy sources.”
Residents, activists prod EPA for coal ash rules
“There's an extraordinary amount of frustration because this is a festering problem”
Community Groups File Lawsuit for Federal Coal Ash Protections
Environmental and public health groups, including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, filed a lawsuit against the EPA to force completion of rulemaking for coal ash disposal safeguards. The lawsuit highlights 30 years without EPA updates…
Setting An Energy Standard
“They have driven a significant amount of investment and renewables there, and there is no data that indicates RESs drive up electricity rates; that is totally a myth, and the most common one.”
Tr-Ash Talk: Clean Up Your Coal Ash!
Hartwell Carson, French Broad Riverkeeper, details the coal ash contamination crisis in North Carolina, particularly at Progress Energy's Asheville plant with two of the nation's tallest high-hazard coal ash ponds. The article documents toxic heavy metal…
NRC Petitioned to Stop Final Licensing Decisions for Nearly Three Dozen Nuclear Reactors in Wake of Waste Confidence Ruling
“We are part of this important effort to ensure that local communities and the public finally have the ability to raise important concerns about the risks associated with radioactive waste and subsequent storage at nuclear plants across the Southeast. The Court agreed with us that it's long overdue for these serious impacts to finally be evaluated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and shared with the public. Now we're just making sure that'll happen--that communities will have a voice.”
Clean Air is No Joke, Hotline 6.18.12
A coalition including SACE, Clean Air Carolina, the National Council of Churches, and USCAN hosted a Citizens Hearing in Charlotte, North Carolina to support EPA's new carbon pollution standards for fossil fuel power plants. The event…
SC regulators adopt settlement, authorize rate increase for Duke Energy Progress
The South Carolina Public Service Commission approved a $51.2 million electric rate increase for Duke Energy Progress LLC, roughly 70% of the company's original $73.7 million request, with a 9.99% return on equity. The settlement includes…
Smokies' air quality ranked worst of national parks
A report by Appalachian Voices ranks Great Smoky Mountains National Park as having the worst air quality among U.S. national parks for the second consecutive year, based on National Park Service data from 1991–1999. The study…
Knox man is arrested in protest after crash
A Knoxville environmentalist and executive director of the Tennessee Valley Energy Reform Coalition, Stephen A. Smith, crashed a rented plane en route to Alabama where he planned to protest forest product exports. Smith and four others…
2001 write-offs to leave TVA with $3.3 billion deficit
“I think it is still kind of a pipe dream that they are going to finish that as a nuclear plant”
Unhealthy ozone levels
“We are about six weeks ahead of last year's pace as far as ozone. We've just had this smoggy mess hanging over us.”