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 that protecting human health and the environment is bad for the economy. The President bought into this rhetoric from Tea Party elites despite [...]
On August 18, SACE staff and more than 20 allies from around the state took the stand to stop Plant Washington, a new, dirty, coal-fired power plant proposed in Sandersville, GA – vastly outnumbering the plant’s supporters and delivering a strong message of concern about pollution to state regulators. The state Environmental Protection Division (EPD) [...]
Here’s one truth: climate science is real. Here’s another: every one of us contributes to the climate crisis and every one of us has the ability to help solve it. These simple truths inspired the Climate Reality Project: today’s 24 hour, multi-media event developed by former Vice President Al Gore to draw the world’s attention [...]
A decade ago this Sunday, our country was irrevocably changed. We have seen the impacts of this tragic day on a number of fronts, but perhaps the most overlooked impression is to our national energy security infrastructure. The catastrophic repercussions of events, which stemmed from the tragedies of September 11th, resonate through our collective conscious and have dramatically shifted the way we operate as a nation.
The following blog post was written by Claire Pendergrast, SACE summer intern (Atlanta office). I wish her all the best at Dartmouth this Fall and beyond. To round out the final days of my summer internship with the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE), I had the opportunity to tour Down to Earth Energy’s (DTE) [...]
SACE’s Federal Policy Director, Jennifer Rennicks recently penned an op-ed titled,“Stand up for clean air” in her hometown paper, the Asheville Citizen-Times. While one may be tempted to wonder who doesn’t support clean air, The Environmental Protection Agency and the Clean Air Act have become public enemy #1 for some members of Congress. In her [...]
This post by David Jenkins originally appeared at Frum Forum and has been reposted here with their permission. Jenkins is Vice President for Government and Political Affairs for Republicans for Environmental Protection. On a recent campaign stop in Florida, Michele Bachmann waded into a political swamp by saying that she would drill in the Everglades [...]
If you’re a Tennessee business owner thinking about reducing costs through energy efficiency or installing a renewable energy system, it’s a good time to turn thought into action. Tennessee’s Energy Efficiency Loan Program is now offering 3 percent financing for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. The reduced interest rate (previously 5%) is available through [...]
When Texas Governor Rick Perry (R) tossed his hat in the ring seeking the GOP presidential nomination he made quite a splash. During his first week on the campaign trail, Perry shared his thoughts on evolution vs. creationism, called Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernake’s financial strategy ‘treasonous‘ and made it clear he’s skeptical of climate [...]
September has just started, but national movement on addressing the realities of climate change are well underway. Tar Sands Action, Climate Reality Project and Moving Planet are three strong initiatives that are bringing climate change to the front page.
