Rep. Blackburn (TN) leads the charge to undermine the Clean Air Act

As the swearing-in ceremonies for the 112th Congress were wrapping up on Capitol Hill yesterday, Tennessee’s Rep. Marsha Blackburn, a long-time foe of clean air and energy laws, was already re-introducing legislation that attempts to block the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from implementing their new standards to regulate greenhouse gases from major emitters. Blackburn’s bill [...]

Serious flaws found in EPA coal ash rule cost-benefit analysis

The post below discusses a recent announcement from Earthjustice, Environmental Integrity Project and the Stockholm Environment Institute regarding the cost of coal ash regulations. This post, written by Sue Sturgis, is reposted with permission from the Institute for Southern Studies. EPA is currently considering a solid waste designation for coal ash, the waste left behind [...]

Hojas Informativas Sobre Calentamiento Global, AHORA en Espanol

Read this blog in ENGLISH. La Alianza Sureña Para Energía Limpia (Southern Alliance for Clean Energy – SACE) está publicando en español sus nuevas hojas informativas sobre el calentamiento global, especificas a cada estado del Sureste.  A través de estas traducciones, SACE continúa su esfuerzo de educar a la comunidad Latina sobre los actuales y [...]

Global Warming Fact Sheets NOW in Spanish

VEA NUESTROS BLOG EN ESPANOL Southern Alliance for Clean Energy is now releasing Spanish versions of our newly created, state specific, global warming fact sheets.  Through these translated materials, SACE is continuing its effort to educate the Latino community on the current and future impacts of global warming in the Southeast and the United States [...]