The Southeastern Coastal Wind Conference is Next Week!
The following is a guest post written by Jen Banks, Director of Operations for the Southeastern Coastal Wind Coalition originally posted here. The Southeastern states from Virginia to Florida are home to…
Gov. McCrorys Disconnect on Beaches and Offshore Drilling
This is a guest post by Institute for Southern Studies Editorial Director, Sue Sturgis. This piece was originally posted on the Institute for Southern Studies' blog, Facing South. In his first State…
Chasing Ice: The Local Connection
If you know someone who still hasn’t bought into the idea of anthropogenic climate change, Chasing Ice, a documentary that reveals stunning images of glaciers retreating, could serve as a powerful educational…
Chasing Ice: A Cinematic View of Climate Change
SACE staff member Kacy Rohn contributed to this post. A new documentary on the melting of glacial ice is making waves at film festivals and around the environmental community. The award-winning Chasing…
Climate lessons from South Florida in 2011
Earlier this month I had the opportunity to attend the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Leadership Summit, hosted by Monroe County—the county of the Florida Keys. The highlight of the event was the…
SACE asked to participate in National Climate Assessment
Each year, starting in 1989, an annual report titled, “Our Changing Planet” has been produced by the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) and submitted to Congress. The USGCRP also conducts the…
Extreme Weather: What is in Store? Who is to Blame?
This blog was co-authored by Amy Vaden. It certainly seems that extreme weather events are becoming more commonplace. Scientific American recently reported that 2011 saw the sixth-highest number of tornado-related deaths ever…
South Florida Says No to New Nukes, Yes to Solar!
On April 30, SACE joined Citizens Allied for Safe Energy, the Tropical Audubon Society, South Florida Clean Energy Coalition, Save it Now Glades!, Greenpeace, and others in south Florida for a clean energy rally in…
How soon we forget as Congress suffers from oil spill amnesia
This blog was written by Jennifer Rennicks, former Senior Director of Policy & Communications at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
Steady Breeze Brings Jobs to North Carolina
This blog was co-authored by former SACE staff Katie Stokes & Glenn Mauney. There's wind in the North Carolina desert! OK, it's not really a desert. An area in Perquimans and Pasquotank…