Stop the Madness! U.S. House Passes the Stop the War on Coal Act
“Laws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect in proportion as we know how they are made” – John Godfrey Saxe, lawyer/poet. When it comes to one of the newest bills passed by…
Where Pres. Obama Stands on Energy
This blog is the first in a series of blogs examining the energy positions of Presidential candidates Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, Jill Stein and Gary Johnson. SACE staff Chris Carnevale (as well…
Its the Same Old Song: Oil Money Secures the Support of Congress
This blog was written by Jennifer Rennicks, former Senior Director of Policy & Communications and Jeannie McKinney, former Communications Coordinator, at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
EPA Finally Announces Greenhouse Gas Standard
After much delay, today the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the first-ever national standards to limit greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from coal plants. The proposal aims to restrict the amount of GHG emissions…
Obama calls oil a fuel of the past while visiting the Tarheel State
This blog was written by Jennifer Rennicks, former Senior Director of Policy & Communications at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
Obama Opens Oil Floodgate in the Gulf
Every five years, the federal government is required by law to update its leasing program for offshore oil and natural gas development. On November 8th, Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar announced…
Did N.C. lead a retreat from cleaner air standards?
This blog was written by Jennifer Rennicks, former Senior Director of Policy & Communications at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
Big news on Tar Sands: We won. You won.
Following the White House's surprise announcement delaying a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline, Bill McKibben posted this blog for tarsandsaction.org on November 10, 2011. It is re-posted here with permission. Um,…
Obama Must Stand With EPA On Climate Policy
President Obama recently announced the cancellation of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to update weak and scientifically unsupported Bush-era ozone standards. The President based this unfortunate decision on the newly popular idea…
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…