About the Alliance

Founded in 1985 in New Orleans, the Alliance conducts community education campaigns on energy issues, helps citizens and businesses become more energy efficient, and promotes sustainable energy policy solutions.

Global Warming

Every generation faces its historical challenge and is defined by how it responds. For all of humanity alive today that challenge is the crisis we call "Global Warming."  Thousands of studies have made it clear that Global Warming is not only real, but ultimately is the result of human activity through greenhouse gas emissions which come from burning fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gas.  Most of the greenhouse gas pollution is produced by generating electricity or by vehicles.

Renewable Energy

Using renewable energy sources, such as solar, wind, biomass, geothermal and biofuels provides many benefits:

Provides power without burning fuels that produce extra greenhouse gases which cause Global Warming

Stimulates the economy through new industries focused on renewable and efficient energy technologies

Reduces our nation’s dependence on foreign sources of energy, keeping energy dollars at home

Stabilizes energy prices by diversifying energy sources (In 2005 ACEEE found that a modest 2-4% reduction in natural gas use could reduce natural gas prices 20% or more.)

Reduces the negative health, safety, and environmental impacts of using fossil fuels and nuclear energy, such as the pollution causing global warming, acid rain, increased incidence of asthma, cancer, mercury poisoning in children and radioactive waste.