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2,441 mentions for advocacy area: Utility Decarbonization
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This is a letter to the editor from Michael Sole, vice president of government relations for Florida Power and Light Co., rebutting a prior commentary by SACE's Stephen Smith that opposed FPL's nuclear plant investments. Sole…
Opinion column by Sam Venable criticizing TVA's handling of environmental activist Stephen Smith at a board meeting in Tullahoma. Smith, director of the Tennessee Valley Energy Reform Coalition, was escorted out for arriving late to sign…
“It is my greatest hope that 2020 will bring a meaningful response to the climate crisis. This existential threat to the state of Florida requires the Tampa Bay region to both adapt to impacts underway and, more importantly, dramatically reduce the dangerous carbon pollution driving the problem.”
“knowledgeable and qualified”
“A layman's look at what we received raised eyebrows. But now we have confirmation that there are indications of political involvement in the process that we believe needs to be looked into more.”
Conservation groups including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy urged Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to protect Big Cypress National Preserve from oil exploration and development. The coalition asked the governor to assess permanently protecting the preserve…
“It's key to have local governments commit to meaningful targets to move the needle backwards on carbon emissions. It's key to have cities like Miami show leadership. It shows the state of Florida, that has yet to take on any targets toward carbon emissions, that it's possible and it's important to do to avoid the worst implication of climate change.”
“we lost that battle and our work here will not stop Vogtle units three and four -- but it will provide some information so that others can move forward and investigate”
Florida regulators are considering whether FPL and Progress Energy Florida should be allowed to charge customers nearly $300 million for nuclear power projects, including upgrades to existing plants and early work on possible new reactors. The…
A report by Earth Track and Synapse Energy Economics, conducted for the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy and Friends of the Earth, analyzes the Obama administration's $8.3 billion federal loan guarantee for two Georgia nuclear reactors…
“unfortunately, that's the way the game's played”
“Despite widespread redactions, the documents released indicate significant problems with the DOE's loan guarantee process”
Vanderbilt University announced a 20-year renewable energy partnership with TVA, Nashville Electric Service, and Silicon Ranch to offset approximately 70% of its annual indirect greenhouse gas emissions from purchased electricity. The deal includes a 35-megawatt solar…
“Miami Beach has already spent $1 million on stormwater and pumps and raising roads. The city of Miami passed a $400 million bond deal, $192 million is going to sea-level rise. Miami-Dade County in its five-year capital plan has identified more than $20 billion that is going to go to what they call resiliency. Make no mistake that climate change impacts the pillars of Florida's economy: our tourism, agriculture, real estate, our ports, and that includes our boating and fishing, we spend a lot of time boating here. In short, Floridians are feeling the heat and paying the price.”
A Tennessee delegation presented a report to federal regulators in Cincinnati claiming that air pollution regulations are not being adequately enforced, citing research showing that pollution from coal-fired power plants like Bull Run shortens hundreds of…
