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Articles by David Pendered

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Thank you, and farewell

by David Pendered April 4, 2022 4:26 pmFebruary 17, 2023 4:03 pm

Something feels right in my departure from SaportaReport coinciding with the return of a Swedish musician to a stage near metro Atlanta.

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Georgia oysters: Commercial farms may face opposition

by David Pendered March 28, 2022 5:04 pmFebruary 17, 2023 4:01 pm

DAVIS, N.C. – The establishment of commercial oyster farms such as those that dot the marsh-lined estuaries of Down East North Carolina remains a priority for Georgia scientists, state officials and restaurateurs.

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Florida’s Panhandle: Woes involve fire, hurricane, oysters, oil spill; plus politics

by David Pendered March 21, 2022 5:20 pmFebruary 17, 2023 4:04 pm

BAYOU GEORGE, Fl. – The environmental calamities continue in Florida’s Panhandle, where trees downed by Hurricane Michael in 2018 finally caught fire this month and burned across more than 34,000 acres before three separate blazes were contained.

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‘You can’t manage what you can’t measure’ – Drawdown Georgia’s GHG tracking tool

by David Pendered March 14, 2022 5:27 pmFebruary 17, 2023 4:02 pm

Drawdown Georgia has unveiled an online tool to track greenhouse gas emissions statewide and in each Georgia county. It is the initiative’s second major science-backed effort to help reduce GHG emissions.

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Ukrainian resolve on display in 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Savannah

by David Pendered March 7, 2022 5:02 pmFebruary 17, 2023 4:01 pm

Four Ukrainian sailors in the 1996 Summer Olympic Games, two men and two women, demonstrated the resolve that is evident in the country’s current resistance to Russian invaders.

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Finalist for Rogers Bridge art installation faces March 14 vote by Duluth City Council

by David Pendered February 28, 2022 5:21 pmFebruary 17, 2023 4:02 pm

An Atlanta sculptor is the finalist to build an installation that’s to celebrate the heritage of Duluth’s Rogers Bridge, the engineering marvel of its day that’s to be replaced with a pedestrian bridge across the Chattahoochee River.

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Decatur’s proposed Clean Energy Plan nears final stages

by David Pendered February 21, 2022 5:29 pmFebruary 17, 2023 4:01 pm

Decatur on Thursday is to conclude its series of three virtual roundtable discussions that are central to the city’s effort to adopt and implement a clean energy plan.

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Avondale Estates proclaims Arbor Day as Trees Atlanta plans series of events

by David Pendered February 14, 2022 5:02 pmFebruary 17, 2023 4:01 pm

Avondale Estates recognized Arbor Day with the simple reading of a proclamation by Mayor Jonathan Elmore.

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Atlanta’s break-the-mold affordable housing project may become model for future

by David Pendered February 7, 2022 4:43 pmFebruary 17, 2023 4:01 pm

Atlanta’s latest affordable housing development is the first of its kind in the city, a potential model for a new generation of public/private efforts to address the housing shortage.

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Rivian plant criticized for risks to environment, culture as market setbacks arise

by David Pendered January 31, 2022 4:18 pmFebruary 17, 2023 4:01 pm

The newly released regional planning review of the proposed Rivian electric vehicle plant is filled with warnings about risks to the environment and cultural heritage of Morgan County if the facility is built as proposed on land an hour east of Atlanta.

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Atlanta’s David Scott: First Black chair to oversee nation’s food supply legislation

by David Pendered January 24, 2022 5:56 pmFebruary 17, 2023 4:00 pm

Congressman David Scott, of Atlanta, the first Black chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, is preparing to oversee the formation of the nation’s central food supply legislation.

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Electric vehicle, plastic recycling plants join coal ash, Okefenokee Swamp as concerns

by David Pendered January 17, 2022 4:49 pmFebruary 17, 2023 4:02 pm

Two big state-endorsed economic development projects are running into early opposition, indicating they could be set to join coal ash and the Okefenokee Swamp in the larger debate over Georgia’s environmental future.

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MLK to white Lutheran youths in 1961: ‘an old order is passing away….’

by David Pendered January 10, 2022 5:11 pmFebruary 17, 2023 4:01 pm

Sixtyone years ago in Miami Beach, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke of doubling the number of Black registered voters in the South through a campaign of peaceful protests at places that had barred them from registering.

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Okefenokee Swamp mining proposal could be affected by Supreme Court ruling

by David Pendered January 3, 2022 5:13 pmFebruary 17, 2023 4:00 pm

The proposal to mine sand near the Okefenokee Swamp could be affected by a groundbreaking ruling on water rights issued by the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Green investing options emerge as MARTA buys its first sustainable bonds

by David Pendered December 20, 2021 6:04 pmFebruary 17, 2023 4:01 pm

Georgians who want to invest in the green economy are to have more opportunities as cities and states start spending federal infrastructure funds and local governments seek to borrow money to put into projects.

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CPA ID’s companies that funded lawmakers who restricted voting access

by David Pendered December 13, 2021 5:15 pmFebruary 17, 2023 4:00 pm

Corporations that funded Georgia lawmakers who voted to restrict voting access are under increasing scrutiny that goes beyond national headlines about Coca-Cola Co. and Delta Air Lines reversing their positions in the face of public outrage.

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Georgia companies lead, trail in disclosing political spending: CPA index

by David Pendered December 6, 2021 5:48 pmFebruary 17, 2023 4:00 pm

Five of Georgia’s S&P 500 companies are among the most transparent in the nation about their political spending. Three companies are in the bottom tier, according to an annual index.

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Abortion: Supreme Court ruling to determine Georgia law, influence campaigns

by David Pendered November 29, 2021 4:41 pmFebruary 17, 2023 4:01 pm

Georgia has major interests at stake in the abortion lawsuit the U.S. Supreme Court is to hear Wednesday. The verdict is to impact Georgia’s “heartbeat bill” and is likely to resonate through the state’s 2022 campaigns.

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How wealth is extracted from lower income folks, other quirks of ‘new’ economy

by David Pendered November 22, 2021 5:17 pmFebruary 17, 2023 4:00 pm

Renters take a double whammy – they don’t build home equity, and their on-time rent payments don’t get reported to credit agencies to help build their credit score.

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Transit for new era: MARTA, CobbLinc ask public about wishes for future service

by David Pendered November 15, 2021 4:59 pmFebruary 17, 2023 4:00 pm

Cobb County’s potential sales tax referendum for transit, possibly on the Nov. 8, 2022 ballot, is just part of the discussions CobbLinc and MARTA are conducting of the future of transit in four core counties of metro Atlanta.

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