Southeast River Runs Part 8: Coal ash on the Savannah River
This is the eighth blog in a series featuring rivers of the Southeast endangered by toxic coal ash pollution. The rest of the series can be found here. Thanks to Tonya Bonitatibus, Savannah Riverkeeper,…
Southeast River Runs Part 1: Coal ash on the rivers we love
This is the first blog in a series featuring rivers of the Southeast endangered by toxic coal ash pollution. The rest of the series can be found here. Summer is a great time of…
Catch-22: New EPA Mercury Rule Ties Up Plant Washington
On March 28, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a revised final Mercury and Air Toxics Standard (MATS) rule for new air emission sources (i.e. new power plants). The revised final rule…
Inaugural Symposium: Social Justice, Environmental Justice and the Impact on Minority Health
February, Black History Month, is known for the remembrance of important people and events in the history of the African diaspora. As such, it is the perfect month to convene health care professionals and…
Concerned Citizens Speak Out for Clean Air
This blog was written by Anne Kingsbury, SACE Intern. On June 11, 2012 concerned citizens gathered in Charlotte, NC to offer their support for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed rule to…
Loss of Life from Coal Pollution Outweighs Value of Electricity
A new study from the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) finds that in many cases, the value of lost life from a coal plant's pollution outweighs the value of the electricity that the…
Poor, Minority Metro-Atlanta Neighborhoods Attract More Pollution
Examples have shown time and time again that low income and communities of color continue to suffer disproportionate impacts from dirty energy choices here in the Southeast. A new report released by…
Tide begins to turn against coal-fired Plant Washington
In Georgia, another coal plant is dead, and murmurs from Cobb EMC indicate that the tide may be turning against construction and pursuit of Plant Washington and its twin coal-fired power plant…
With Clean Air and Justice for All
This Thursday, May 26th, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a public hearing in Atlanta, Georgia to solicit comments on the proposed and long-awaited rule to set national standards for mercury…
Making House (and Senate) calls for clean air and clean energy
This blog was written by Jennifer Rennicks, former Senior Director of Policy & Communications at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.