3 Reasons Why 2015 Was the Biggest Year Ever for Coal Ash
2015 was a watershed year for our work on coal ash. It's been over seven years since the catastrophic coal ash spill in Kingston, TN and nearly two years since the spill along…
Winter Is Coming - Keeping warm with eco-friendly insulation
This guest post is provided by Caitlin at EcoCajun and was originally published at EcoCajun.com. KEEPING WARM WITH ECO-FRIENDLY INSULATION Insulation is easily one of the most effective ways to make a…
TVA's Coal Ash Disaster at Kingston: 7 Years Later
An Unprecedented Disaster Seven years ago today, an old earthen dam holding back coal ash waste at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) Kingston Fossil plant erupted, pouring over one billion gallons of…
2015 Southeast Coal Roundup - Southern Company
As 2015 draws to a close, we wanted to update you on where our major Southeastern utilities are in terms of decreasing their reliance on dirty, coal-fired power. This blog series is…
Fool's Gold? Nuclear Power and Climate Change
Below is a guest blog post with permission to re-post from Gregory Jaczko, former U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman and Commissioner, originally published in the Huffington Post's "The Blog" on December 14,…
Christmas Miracle: Congress Proposes Long-Term Support for Renewables
Over the past four years, congressional disfunction has been the rule, as opposed to the exception. But early Wednesday morning, congressional leaders proposed a sweeping bill that would not only provide essential…
EmPower TN Selects First-Round Energy Efficiency Projects for $33.6 Million in Funding
Thanks to proactive investment in energy efficiency, the Volunteer State is one step closer to seeing significant reductions in the utility bills paid by state-operated facilities. The Tennessee Office of Customer Focused…
2015 Southeast Coal Roundup - Tennessee Valley Authority
As 2015 draws to a close, we wanted to update you on where our major Southeastern utilities are in terms of decreasing their reliance on dirty, coal-fired power. This blog series is…
Investors and Businesses Back A Strong Paris Climate Agreement
This guest post is by Christopher N. Fox at Ceres and was originally published here on Ceres' blog, Clean Trillion. The UN climate conference now underway in Paris represents a critical opportunity…
Dirt cheap renewables beating fossil fuels on price
A new analysis shows that wind energy and solar power are more affordable than ever. Every year, Lazard Associates publishes its Levelized Cost of Energy Analysis on different types of power plants including…