National Drive Electric Week: Events coming to a town near you!
SACE staffers are getting charged up for this year's National Drive Electric Week, September 10-18th. We hope our supporters across the Southeast will make plans to attend these fun and informative events…
SACE and Ultimate Ice Cream partner to bring more clean energy to the Southeast
Eat Sweets & Support Clean Energy this July! SACE is excited to partner with Asheville's Ultimate Ice Cream for the entire month of July! We invite you and your familiy to enjoy…
SACE's Asheville NC office catches a buzz (or several thousand)
This blog was written by Jennifer Rennicks, former Senior Director of Policy & Communications, and Sarah Gilliam, former Communications coordinator, at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
Fate of Nearly 100 Million Tons of Coal Ash Could Hinge on NCDEQ Hearings
North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) may allow Duke Energy and its North Carolina subsidiaries to leave an estimated 97,350,920 tons of coal ash in unlined pits (called "impoundments" or "ponds"),…
Putting the “modern” in Duke Energy’s modernization plan
This is a guest blog Joan Walker, MountainTrue Campaign Director/Interim Director of Southern Region. On January 26, in Asheville, our communities will have their only chance to speak on Duke Energy’s…
Green Spirit Awards: Cheers to North Carolina brewery, winery and distillery
This is the first blog in a monthly series, highlighting breweries, wineries and distilleries in the Southeast using clean energy to create tasty, sustainable beverages. As blogs get added to this series, go…
2015 Southeast Coal Roundup - Duke Energy
As we move into 2016, we continue our look back at where our Southeastern utilities are in their movement away from coal-fired power. This blog will focus on Duke Energy's coal-plant operations…
Green your holiday shopping list and support SACE with Chari-tees
This blog was written by Jennifer Rennicks, former Senior Director of Policy & Communications at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
3 Ways to clean up the Asheville coal retirement
This blog was written by John D. Wilson, former Deputy Director for Regulatory Policy at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy with contributions from former SACE staffers Toni Nelson and Amelia Shenstone.
NC Lawmakers Come Up Short on Coal Ash
In the days and weeks after the Dan River disaster, North Carolina legislators made bold promises to protect the public from dangerous and polluting coal ash sites. Since May there's been several…