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2,441 mentions for advocacy area: Utility Decarbonization
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A Union of Concerned Scientists report finds that Tennessee ranks eighth nationally in coal imports, spending $1.21 billion in 2008 to transport coal from out-of-state sources. The report argues that 60 percent of Tennessee's power demand…
“Any amount we can invest in those areas is an improvement”
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."”
An op-ed by Jennifer Rennicks advocating for stronger EPA clean air and pollution standards to protect asthmatic children and all North Carolinians. The author argues against congressional proposals to weaken public health protections and calls for…
Stephen A. Smith, executive director of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, argues in this op-ed that the Federal Renewable Production Tax Credit for wind should be extended to preserve 37,000 American jobs and billions in…
The nuclear industry is pursuing a modest U.S. comeback with new reactor construction in Southern states, particularly Georgia and South Carolina. However, the resurgence faces headwinds from cheap natural gas, public safety concerns, and steep capital…
“I don't think anybody gets any credit with 'I told you so,' but we were critical of so much of this seven years ago, and now they are wondering why they have a shortfall.”
Op-ed by John Noel, president of the Regional Southern Alliance for Clean Energy and member of Tennessee's Governor's Energy Task Force, advocating for state leadership on energy efficiency. The piece highlights Tennessee's energy waste problem and…
“I think it is significant that two of the most important workhorses of renewable energy - wind and biomass - were missing from this forum”
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…
A Florida Today editorial criticizes state lawmakers for failing to pass comprehensive renewable energy policy, citing economic opportunity losses. The piece references a Southern Alliance for Clean Energy analysis projecting 50,000 jobs could have been created…
An Asheville vigil on May 21, 2010 gathered about 20 people to protest the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and advocate for clean energy. Mandy Hancock of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy…
