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The State of Our Union is Warm, Leaning to Hot

This blog was written by Jennifer Rennicks, former Senior Director of Policy & Communications at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.

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New Report Confirms Black Carbon Significant to Climate Change: Diesel Engines Best Target

A striking new report was released yesterday showing diesel pollution's significance in climate change.  In fact, the report shows that black carbon is the second most important individual climate-warming agent after carbon dioxide…

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Update: U.S. Announces New Climate Change Initiative

UPDATED 4/27/12:  This week, the international Climate and Clean Air Coalition that we wrote about previously (see below) adopted five initiatives for action, including "Fast action on diesel emissions including from heavy…

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Diesel Emissions Reduction Act Passes Just in Time for the Holidays

Just in time for the holidays, we have received a special gift from Congress -- the passage of an important health bill, the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2010 (also known as…

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Cancun climate talks inspire and disappoint, near-term opportunities at hand

This post was co-authored by SACE's Board Chair, John Noel; Anne Blair, SACE's Diesel and Bioenergy Program Manager; and Jennifer Rennicks, SACE's Federal Policy Director. Last week I had the opportunity to…

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SACE wins EPA Clean Diesel Award

Today, SACE is pleased to announce our recent $5 million award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the creation of our new program "Clean Trucks Make Cents" (CTMC). The award,…

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Reducing Diesel Emissions in Georgia Workshop

On Monday, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE), Mothers & Others for Clean Air (MOCA) and the University of Georgia (UGA) hosted a workshop and air quality demonstration in Athens, GA. The…

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Copenhagan Close-Up: Black Carbon - small particle, big problem

This post was co-authored by John Wilson, Laura Wilson and Anne Blair Being so close to the Arctic here in Copenhagen, I have been listening carefully to what people have to say…