As Georgia Power proposes to expand its use of renewable energy resources, one part of the conversation that gets scant attention is the considerable amount of energy already being generated from renewable resources.
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Colleen Kiernan stepping down as director of Sierra Club-Georgia
Colleen Kiernan, director of the Sierra Club’s Georgia Chapter, has announced she will be stepping down on April 1.
A newsletter wrote that “we are bidding a fond but reluctant farewell” to Kiernan.
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Danger: Political leaders putting Georgia in reverse
By Guest Columnist BRIAN TOLLESON, a Georgia native who is the founder and owner of BARK BARK, a branded entertainment firm headquartered in Atlanta with offices in New York and Los Angeles
I’m a proud Georgian and a third generation entrepreneur here.
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Legislation to block Palmetto Pipeline pending Feb. 23 in South Carolina, Georgia
The coming days could tell a lot about the potential of the Palmetto Pipeline being built across sections of Georgia and South Carolina.
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Ga. Water Coalition urges legislators to protect Georgia’s water
By Guest Columnist CHRIS MANGANIELLO, policy director for Georgia River Network
More than 150 conservation advocates from the mountains to the coast are making sure their voices are heard at the Capitol – urging legislators to cast votes for clean water. In the wake of the Flint, Mich. drinking water crisis, nothing could be more important than securing clean water for all Georgians.
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Georgia’s reaction muted on delay of Obama’s climate change agenda
Georgia is among the 25 states that prevailed in their effort to have the U.S. Supreme Court delay the centerpiece of President Obama’s environmental agenda.
Posted inATL Business Chronicle
Column: Georgia Chamber starts its second 100 years with new initiatives
By Maria Saporta
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on January 8, 2016
When the Georgia Chamber of Commerce holds its “grand gavel” reception Jan. 11 at the Georgia Aquarium, it will be looking towards its second Centennial with several new initiatives.
The Centennial gavel will pass from 2015 Chairman Paul Bowers, the president and CEO of Georgia Power, to 2016 Chairman Hank Linginfelter, executive vice president of distribution operations for AGL Resources.
“I think the Chamber enhanced its positioning in the state during its 100th anniversary,” Bowers said in an interview.
Posted inATL Business Chronicle
Column: Arthur Blank brings on high-power execs at AMB Group
By Maria Saporta
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on January 1, 2016
As Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank reduces his day-to-day responsibilities in running his business interests, he has brought on a high-powered team of executives to lead the AMB Group LLC.
Stephen Cannon, CEO of Mercedes-Benz USA, will join the AMB Group as its CEO Feb. 1 when he will oversee all of Blank’s private business interests.
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U.S. and Georgia companies improving LGBT policies
The president of the Human Rights Campaign – Chad Griffin – came to Atlanta Wednesday to highlight U.S. companies with the best records of inclusion for the LGBT community.
In Georgia, 13 companies reached a perfect score of 100 in the 2016 Corporate Equality Index assessing inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals. There were only 11 Georgia companies with a perfect score a year ago.
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Column: Atlanta’s most powerful board names a new trustee
By Maria Saporta
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on November 6, 2015.
The prestigious Robert W. Woodruff Foundation has named Thomas J. Lawley as its newest trustee, filling the void created with the passing of longtime board member Jimmy Sibley in September.
The Woodruff Foundation, the largest in the Southeast, had assets of more than $3.15 billion at the end of 2014. It gave away 43 grants worth a total of $121.5 million last year.
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Fourth annual ‘Georgia Gives Day’ on Nov. 12 showcases partnerships
By Guest Columnist KAREN BEAVOR, president and CEO of the Georgia Center for Nonprofits
Forming strategic partnerships is one of the first lessons any good businessperson must learn.
As leader of the Georgia Center for Nonprofits, which is a collaborator by definition, I’ve seen the attitudes and practices that fuel successful partnerships firsthand, especially during our annual fundraising event Georgia Gives Day.
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Georgia firm misses top award, but reaches big sustainability audience at Ocean Exchange
In the end, an Athens-based company didn’t win a big award for its intelligent lighting system to grow plants indoors. But the company did make it to the Top 10, which introduced it to thought leaders from around the world who gathered in Savannah for the international Ocean Exchange competition.
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Georgia ranks No. 2 for growth in solar capacity since 2012, new report shows
A new report commissioned by Environment Georgia provides a status report on the nation’s solar power industry and shows Georgia ranks second in the country in terms of growth in solar capacity since 2012.
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Georgia can learn lessons from Fukushima disaster
By Guest Columnist DANIEL R. FERREIRA, assistant professor of environmental science Kennesaw State University’s Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
Georgia has two nuclear power plants with another under construction today. Together, the current plants produce about 20 percent of the electricity used in the state.
Whether you are pro- or anti-nuclear power, the truth is that nuclear power matters and all such plants carry with them the inherent risk of a radioactive release.
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Georgia’s senators back oil drilling plans for Georgia’s coast as Obama pushes climate change regulations
As President Obama prepares to unveil Monday strong regulations intended to counter climate change and promote solar power, Georgia’s two senators succeeded in passing through committee a bill authorizing oil drilling off Georgia’s coast and for the state to collect revenues from such oil production.
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South Carolina joins Georgia in ruling against use of condemnation to build Palmetto Pipeline
A legal opinion issued by the office of South Carolina’s attorney general presents a new obstacle for a proposed pipeline for petroleum and ethanol to be built along the Savannah River and down the Georgia coast, to Jacksonville, Fla.
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Annual Paddle Georgia event begins Saturday, to pass site of environmental victory
About 400 paddlers are scheduled to depart Saturday from the Statesboro area in the 11th annual Paddle Georgia fundraising event, and their route will take them down a waterway where environmentalists won a major victory.
Posted inATL Business Chronicle
Why Georgia has to go after GE HQ
By Maria Saporta
Published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on June 12, 2015
Georgia’s business and political leaders are ready to roll out the welcome mat to General Electric Co. if it is truly serious about relocating its corporate headquarters out of Connecticut.
In a highly unusual move, GE’s CEO Jeff Immelt wrote in an email to employees that he had assembled an exploratory team “to look into the company’s options to relocate corporate HQ to another state with a more pro-business environment.”
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An Alliance of Georgia’s Global Health Organizations Could Help Address the Emerging Crisis of Noncommunicable Diseases
In 2012, NCDs such as diabetes, cancer, heart disease, and respiratory diseases accounted for 68 percent of the world’s deaths. By 2030, NCDs are expected to become the most common causes of deaths globally.
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Georgia’s electric vehicle market hits legislative potholes
Original Story by Maria Saporta on WABE Play Audio Georgia rarely ranks as one of the top states in the country for something positive. But with electric vehicles, Georgia has been leading the way. Mayor Kasim Reed boasted that last year we were first in America in the sale of the plug-in Nissan Leaf. Electric […]
