This Saturday, you have the opportunity to join with thousands of other beach, marsh, and general coast lovers at your local Hands Across the Sand event. Hands Across the Sand is an international day of action on which communities come together to celebrate their treasured places and send a clear message that they want these [...]
Today, April 20, marks the 3rd anniversary of the tragic Deepwater Horizon Gulf oil disaster. In spite of how apparent it seemed three years ago that offshore drilling is a bad idea whose time has gone, today we are facing the threat of even more drilling off our beautiful coasts. As we’ve reported before, the [...]
Spring seems to finally be here! The birds are chirping, the bees are humming, and depending on who you ask, the pollen is floating in the air like a thick fog of misery. Allergy season is in full swing in the Southeast and if your town looks anything like my back yard in Charleston, you [...]
SACE Renewable Energy Manager, Charlie Coggeshall, and SACE Director of Research, John Wilson, contributed to this post. This week, we celebrate George Washington’s birthday to honor the leadership of our first president in particular, and that of our founding fathers in general. Our founding fathers had a bold vision for the United States–a land of [...]
This Sunday, February 17, will see the largest climate rally in history. More than 20,000 participants are expected to gather on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to send a strong message to President Obama that urgent action to address climate change is necessary. Dubbed the Forward on Climate rally, the event has come from [...]
Things are moving in the realm of offshore wind energy in North Carolina. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) recently announced that it intends to prepare an environmental assessment for three large areas off of North Carolina’s coast in preparation for potential wind energy development and has asked for input on these areas. The environmental assessment (EA) will consider the environmental effects associated with the initial stages of site assessment and research leading up to wind farm development, for example geological and geophysical surveys and biological surveys.
This post was coauthored by SACE Policy & Communications Director, Jennifer Rennicks. The draft of the newest National Climate Assessment (NCA) report was officially made available today, and the findings for this third climate assessment aren’t comforting: Climate change is already affecting the American people. Certain types of weather events have become more frequent and/or [...]
Another year is almost over and the southeast region of Florida seems to be another year wiser when it comes to planning for climate change. The 4th annual Southeast Florida Regional Climate Leadership Summit was held in Jupiter, Florida, December 6 – 7 and by all accounts the region’s local governments are showing wisdom in [...]
November 30–the day that many of us in the coastal Southeast can breathe a sigh of relief that hurricane season finally “officially” ends. Many of us can give thanks that we came through yet another hurricane season without too much damage, while others of us may still be recovering from impacts from one of the [...]
On November 19, the City of North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina officially became a “wind-powered economic zone” by proclamation of a City Council resolution. This resolution represents true leadership in the realm of clean energy and a genuine effort to better the community through economic development, community pride, and environmental protection. By becoming a wind [...]
