Update: U.S. Announces New Climate Change Initiative
UPDATED 4/27/12: This week, the international Climate and Clean Air Coalition that we wrote about previously (see below) adopted five initiatives for action, including "Fast action on diesel emissions including from heavy…
Taking Dirty Coal to Court in Georgia
This post was written by Amelia Shenstone, former Regional Advocacy Director with the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
Chattanooga Paper Runs Op-Ed on New Proposed Ozone Standards
The following Opinion piece from SACE staff was published in the Chattanooga Times Free Press on Sunday August 22, 2010. (Note that links and images were not published in the original version).…
Appeals Court Undermines Regional Clean Air
The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Virginia, struck a very serious blow to Southeast air quality last week when it overturned an interstate nuisance ruling in the case of Tennessee…
EPA Proposes New Air Quality Rules
Electric Generating Units, particularly coal plants, are the leading source of SO2 and NOx Just as summer is hitting an epic peak of blistering hot temperatures and contributing to terrible air quality…
Reducing Diesel Emissions in Georgia Workshop
On Monday, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE), Mothers & Others for Clean Air (MOCA) and the University of Georgia (UGA) hosted a workshop and air quality demonstration in Athens, GA. The…
Copenhagan Close-Up: Black Carbon - small particle, big problem
This post was co-authored by John Wilson, Laura Wilson and Anne Blair Being so close to the Arctic here in Copenhagen, I have been listening carefully to what people have to say…
TVA struggling to meet court-ordered clean ups
The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported yesterday that that the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) admits it will be "very difficult, if not impossible" to meet court-ordered pollution controls that would clean up…