Clean Coal: A Costly Chimera?
The subject of coal has been dominating news lately. After being unregulated for decades, the Environmental Protection Agency is finally crafting regulations to limit carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants. Currently, proposed…
Bullying the messenger, burying the truth on CRS coal ash report
Four years ago the Kingston coal ash disaster put a spotlight on the need for federal coal ash regulations when a dam failed, releasing one billion gallons of the toxic waste, poisoning 300 acres…
New Website Launched SoutheastCoalAsh.org
SACE staff member Joan Walker contributed to this post. Today Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, in partnership with Appalachian Voices, Southern Environmental Law Center, and North Carolina Conservation Network, are launching the…
Senators sell out the public, then go on vacation
This blog is a guest post originally published on EcoWatch. On Aug. 2, twenty four Senators demonstrated their obedience to the coal industry by introducing a new bill that permanently blocks the…
Tr-Ash Talk: EPAs Blind Spot
This blog was originally posted by Lisa Evans, Senior Administrative Attorney for Earthjustice's blog, unEARTHED. Barb Gottlieb of Physicians for Social Responsibility contributed to this new report. Dangerous Form Of Chromium Unregulated…