There are persistent myths in the field of renewable energy and energy efficiency. One such myth – promoted by the coal industry and their utility friends – is that the Southeast doesn’t have any renewable energy resources. This myth appears in different forms – from renewable energy resources are too expensive or too diffuse, to [...]
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 [...]
From SACE’s perspective, the Manomet study of biomass and carbon offers an important new way to describe and think-through the possible impacts on the climate from biomass energy. Although the study’s findings are limited in geographic scope, the methodology can be applied elsewhere to great benefit.
Opposition to a state RPS is economically self-defeating