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An op-ed criticizing the Bush administration's energy policy as favoring fossil fuel extraction and power plant construction over conservation and efficiency. The piece cites TVA's energy efficiency programs and references SACE's involvement in clean air initiatives…
One year after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the article examines ongoing risks posed by aging GE Mark I reactors and new AP1000 designs planned for the South. The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy joined eight other…
“There's an extraordinary amount of frustration because this is a festering problem”
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…
SACE press release promoting Green Power Switch, a renewable energy program launched by TVA and participating utilities on Earth Day 2000. The release invites Southeast residents to purchase clean energy blocks at $4 per 150 kWh…
“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.”
“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.”
“Without deep and rapid greenhouse pollution reduction, the loss of the Arctic sea ice ecosystem will not only drive the polar bear extinct but will greatly exacerbate climate damages around the world”
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…
“TVA is building yesterday's technology tomorrow”
“The conflicts between energy and water needs are ones we've seen before … and will only worsen as the frequency of drought increases and water temperatures rise driven in part by climate change”
“Data centers lock in unwanted noise and air pollution, drain tens of millions of gallons of water a day, and are approved under agreements lacking transparency, often before residents know a project is coming”
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…
“On one level, there were all these bad omens — the horrible weather, the emergency landing. But we walked away from the plane, and the protest was a primo event.”
“The Vogtle loan guarantee puts nearly 16 times as much at stake for taxpayers when compared to Solyndra. Taxpayers cannot afford an $8.33 billion gamble when the odds are stacked against them as badly as they are here. The very large exposure to losses for U.S. taxpayers should the Vogtle Project go awry, along with the known complexities of building two new reactors, underscore the importance of an objective and unbiased review of the project, its borrowers, and the appropriate credit subsidy level. Political interference increases fiscal risks because political pressure can supplant economic and financial assessments in driving funding decisions and terms.”
