This blog was co-authored by Katie Stokes, Simon Mahan and Glenn Mauney There’s wind in the North Carolina desert! OK, it’s not really a desert. An area in Perquimans and Pasquotank counties in northeastern N.C., locally referred to as ‘the Desert’, may soon be home to N.C.’s first wind farm. Iberdrola Renewables recently announced they [...]
Post-Vote Update: On Wednesday, April 6, the Senate rejected all 4 amendments to a Small Business Bill (S. 493) that would have blocked the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to control carbon pollution through the Clean Air Act. On Thursday, April 7, the House voted on the “Dirty Air Act,” H.R. 910, which would have done [...]
This post was authored by Dan Cannon, Florida Organizer for the Southern Energy Network, a program of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy. On April 15th – 18th, I will be surrounded by over 10,000 young climate activists in Washington D.C. Power Shift 2011 is going down, and, just like the two previous Power Shift [...]
This past weekend, over 60 climate activists arrived in costume to the 1Sky Swanky South Beach Pollution Party at the Carlton Hotel to show support for a national climate policy and a clean energy economy. In keeping with the party theme, many guests came in costumes representing their least favorite form of pollution – from [...]
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 attend the 16th U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP16) in Cancun as a speaker at a SACE-sponsored symposium entitled “Win Win Strategies [...]
As we pass the half-way mark in this year’s annual U.N. climate change talks, the differences abound between the current negotiations in Cancun, Mexico and those which concluded last December in Copenhagen, Denmark. SACE’s executive director, Dr. Stephen Smith, and I had the privilege to observe last year’s talks (officially known as the 15th gathering [...]
One year ago this week, in late November 2009, more than 1,000 stolen e-mails from scientists at England’s University of East Anglia were made public. Climate skeptics, eager to find evidence of a conspiracy, had a field day claiming these emails showed scientific misconduct and argued these emails should cast doubt on decades of findings. [...]
Although a few races are still being determined with recounts and write-in ballots, the vast majority of the 2010 midterm races have been decided. Here, in the eight Southeastern states that SACE represents, voters elected 5 new governors, 6 U.S Senators, nearly 100 Representatives and hundreds of members to serve in state General Assemblies from [...]
re-posted from 1Sky’s Skywriter Blog on October 29, 2010 Post from Andrea Cuccaro, 1Sky Florida and South Carolina organizer We need five minutes from our friends in Florida to write a letter to their local newspapers and to the senatorial candidates offices about strange doings at a Orlando television station over some tough questions on [...]
Why would a company that builds power plants host a reception at an event that is likely to help reduce the use of electricity? Well, the 2010 conference of the International Code Council is underway in Charlotte, NC. And building energy efficiency is the topic of the day! After the first two of five days of [...]
