Unusual Bedfellows at the Georgia PSC
What do the Georgia Tea Party, low-income advocates, faith leaders, and green business have in common? They were all at the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) this week calling for more clean…
TVA Continues to Mismanage Solar Power
Charlie Coggeshall, SACE Renewable Energy Manager, also contributed to this post. Last month the Tennessee Valley Authority proudly announced what they considered to be good news: That their 2013 Green Power Provider…
Google pressures largest US utility company to put renewable energy on the menu
This guest blog was authored by Gary Cook, senior policy analyst at Greenpeace, USA. Google's own blog can be found here. Thanks to some pressure from Google, the largest utility company in the…
Duck River EMC Offers You a Piece of the Sun
Do you want to invest in solar, but you can’t? Maybe your roof doesn’t point south, or it’s shaded most of the time. Maybe you rent. Maybe you just can’t come up…
Adapting to change in the Rural South
Here in the South, farming and forestry are major contributors to our economy. Farmers and foresters face new challenges from the effects of changing weather and climate. In the rural South, we have…
A job-killing energy act
This guest post about North Carolina energy policy was written by Tim Toben and originally published on the News Observer website. If the General Assembly wants to establish itself as the most…
SACE Solar Array Shines In Its First Year
Just over a year ago we made the decision to continue to practice what we preach with the installation and activation of our own solar photovoltaic array at our Knoxville, TN office. …
Protecting Renewable Portfolio Standards from Cynical Attacks
This guest post was written by Mindy Luber, President of Ceres and Director of the Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR) and was originally published on Forbes.com on March 19, 2013. It…
Latest Obama Cabinet Announcements Bring Mixed Reactions from Environmental Community
Like a gourmet chef stocking his pantry, President Obama is close to having a full second term Cabinet. In his latest round of announcements, President Obama nominated a new Department of Interior…
Climate conspiracy theorist returns to NC legislature, warns of threat from science elite
This guest post, by Sue Sturgis, originally appeared on the Institute for Southern Studies' Facing South blog on Thursday, February 7, 2013 and is re-posted here with permission. It was a busy…