SCOTUS Nominee Merrick Garland and Environmental Regulation
Today, at a live event in the Rose Garden, President Obama nominated Merrick Garland, currently the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Reminding everyone…
This Surfboard Carries an Important Message About Offshore Drilling for Obama
This is a guest blog by Pete Stauffer, Environmental Director for Surfrider Foundation. The original post can be found here. SACE is happy to be a partner in helping build grassroots opposition to Atlantic…
President Obama emphasizes climate legacy in SOTU, but will he earn it?
SACE staffer Sarah Gilliam contributed to this blogpost. Last night, President Obama delivered his final State of the Union address, which strongly emphasized the role he hopes that having acted on climate…
Labor and the Clean Power Plan: More Jobs, More Justice
This guest post was written by Dean Hubbard and Alejandra Núñez of the Sierra Club and originally appeared in the Sierra Club's Compass blog. You can find the original post here. The Spanish version…
Final Clean Power Plan Safeguards Public Health and Spurs Clean Energy Growth
On Monday, President Obama announced the release of the finalized Clean Power Plan, our nation's first regulations to limit carbon pollution from existing fossil-fueled power plants. The Clean Power Plan, as crafted…
White House Has Plans to Help Low-Income Communities Gain Access to Solar
Angela Garrone, Southeast Energy Research Attorney with SACE, co-wrote this blog with Alissa Jean Schafer, SACE Solar Communications and Policy Manager. In early July, the White House unveiled a new plan to help cut…
White House Announces Steps to Curb Methane Emissions
Yesterday, the White House announced its first-ever efforts aimed at reducing methane emissions from the oil and natural gas industries. President Obama announced his latest step in his Administration's effort to combat…
U.S. Falters Again on Global Climate Leadership Despite Small Steps at Home
Last month at the United Nations Climate Summit in New York, President Obama acknowledged America's responsibility to act on climate change. On the eve of the U.N. Summit, hundreds of thousands of people marched on the…
President Obama Takes On the Anti-Science Crowd
I had the great pleasure of joining our Board President, John Noel, and his wife, Melinda Welton, at his table at the League of Conservation Voters’ Annual Capitol Dinner on Wednesday, June…
Carbon Regulation for Existing Coal Plants On the Horizon
In less than a week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will unveil its first ever carbon pollution standards for existing coal-fired power plants. These proposed standards are expected to be released on…