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Trump Admin Begins Rollback of Clean Power Plan

SACE Southeast Energy Research Attorney Angela Garrone contributed to this post. Following through on a campaign promise, the Trump administration signed a rule this week to repeal the Clean Power Plan, the…

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Honoring Black History Month and the Path Towards Energy Justice: Creating a Climate for Change

This is the fifth and final post in our 2016 Black History Month blog series honoring advocates and highlighting opportunities to advance energy justice. To read other blogs in this series, click…

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Another hurdle for “dormant” Plant Washington

Katherine Helms Cummings leads the fight to stop Plant Washington from her home in Washington County, Georgia. She is Executive Director of the Fall-Line Alliance for a Clean Environment (FACE) and writes…

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First Legal Challenge to the Clean Power Plan Dismissed

Today, the DC Circuit dismissed the first legal challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan. The lawsuit, filed by the coal industry and several coal dependent states, claimed that EPA…

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The EPA's Clean Power Plan: Setting the Record Straight on the Benefits and Costs

In honor of Vanderbilt University's event "The Clean Power Plan: Health, Energy Demand and Economic Effects" (taking place today and tomorrow) we are publishing this guest blog written by John Rogers, Senior Energy…

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Cutting Carbon Pollution Won't Make the Sky Fall

This blog was written by John D. Wilson, former Deputy Director for Regulatory Policy at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.

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While state officials fight it, North Carolina continues down Clean Power path

This guest blog, authored by Luis Martinez, was originally posted on NRDC’s Switchboard Blog. New analysis by the Natural Resource Defense Council shows that North Carolina's Clean Energy Future is strong. Our…

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Bridging the Clean Energy Divide: Affordable Clean Energy Solutions for Today and Tomorrow

The National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has been working to highlight the benefits offered by clean energy resources to vulnerable communities.  In a new set of fact sheets, NRDC lays out how…

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When It Comes to Energy Efficiency, Health and Environment Are Bigger Motivators Than Saving Money

The National Academy of Sciences published a report yesterday that found that messages about the environment and health motivate people to save energy more than messages about saving money. Fortunately, consumers don't…

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Public Comment Period Closes for EPA's Clean Power Plan, But There's More Work to be Done

You can access previous SACE blogs on the Clean Power Plan by clicking the following links: May 28th, June 23rd, July 30th, and August 25th.  You can also access a recent SACE…