Category: Georgia
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Green Tea Coalition Bridges U.S. Political Divide with Renewables
Georgia’s state utility company will be adding 525 megawatts of solar energy by 2016 thanks to grassroots pressure from a new alliance known as the Green Tea Coalition, which unites environmentalists and right-wing Tea Party activists.
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Confessions of a Climate Change Denier
The fight is about winning back the social safety net that has been slashed by the same economic and political elite that profits from fossil fuels …
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Not the Tea Party the Koch Brothers Had in Mind
Last week the Tea Party Patriots helped push a proposal through Georgia’s Public Service Commission that requires the state’s largest electric utility to more than double the amount of solar power…
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Our Forests Aren’t Fuel: New Campaign Against Burning American Forests for Electricity
Recent scientific reports document that burning whole trees to produce electricity actually increases greenhouse gas pollution in the near-term compared with fossil fuels and emits higher levels of multiple air pollutants …
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Swim at Your Own Risk: Federal Government Fails to Prioritize Water Protection
The Clean Water Act is our nation’s fundamental safeguard for water. Yet tens of millions of wetland acres—which protect drinking water, and provide crucial flood protection and wildlife habitat—have been effectively cut out of Clean Water Act …