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Trump’s proposal to alter SNAP harks back to 1964 law with Georgia roots

March 25, 2018, 5:46 pm/2 Comments

By Guest Columnist NEILL HERRING, a lobbyist for environmental organizations and armchair historian

Sonny Perdue, the Secretary of Agriculture for the whole, entire United States, and former governor of Georgia, has come out in favor of what used to called “surplus commodities.” This is his proposed substitute for what used to be called “food stamps.” Sonny said, early in his secretaryship, that program, now called SNAP, was “not broken,” and therefore needed no fixing.

Why we need our national endowments

February 11, 2018, 1:54 pm/4 Comments

By Guest Columnist STANLEY ROMANSTEIN, professor of practice, Creative Media Industries Institute at Georgia State University, and principal with BLJackson Associates

In 1965 the U.S Congress – both Republicans and Democrats – expressed the firm belief that, “Democracy demands wisdom and vision in its citizens. It must therefore foster and support a form of education, and access to the arts and humanities, designed to make people of all backgrounds and wherever located, masters of their technology and not its unthinking servants.”

Solarize Atlanta gains ground as Asian firms unveil U.S. plants to beat solar tariffs

February 5, 2018, 3:48 pm/2 Comments

An Atlanta solar coalition is reporting strong and favorable response to its effort to provide low-cost solar panels for buildings of all types in the city. Solarize Atlanta is moving ahead amid significant shake-ups in the solar power marketplace.

Trump’s Haiti comments don’t resonate with Georgia’s history, modern aid programs

January 15, 2018, 6:03 pm/1 Comment

Whatever President Trump actually said about Haiti, the spirit of the comments doesn’t square in Georgia. Haitian soldiers sailed to defend Savannah during the Revolutionary War. On Monday, an Atlanta human rights leader who’s active in Haiti observed that Haiti’s modern woes stem from lingering resentment, and resulting poverty, over the outcome of Haiti’s revolution that overthrew the French in 1804.

Trump’s offshore drilling proposal eliminates 50-mile buffer between coastline, drill rigs

January 4, 2018, 8:22 pm/2 Comments

The continental waters off Georgia’s coast are to opened to drilling for oil and natural gas in leases to be signed in 2020, 2022, and 2024, under a draft proposal released Thursday by the Trump administration that would open most of the nation’s seabed to drilling. Environmental groups have announced their opposition to the plan.

Atlanta’s voice needed to fight offshore drilling

October 8, 2017, 3:50 pm/0 Comments

By Guest Columnist BILL SAPP, a senior attorney for the Southern Environmental Law Center

In the past year, the devastation inflicted from hurricanes Matthew and Irma serves as a stark reminder that Georgia’s coast is vulnerable to the vagaries of nature. Wrecking countless homes and businesses, and shredding boats and docks along the entire coast, these hurricanes flooded St. Marys and Tybee Island, pounded the beaches of Jekyll Island and Cumberland Island, and overtopped the sea walls in Savannah and St. Simons.

In the Trump era, praying science can save us

August 28, 2017, 8:24 pm/8 Comments

The most dominant national headlines in recent weeks have highlighted a fundamental principle that’s often overlooked but cannot be overstated: Science matters. From predicting dangerous tropical storms to charting the path of an eclipse or utterly discrediting the claims of hate-filled racists, science may ultimately help to save us, if only from ourselves.

Georgia’s transportation plans advancing amid turmoil in Washington

August 14, 2017, 5:04 pm/0 Comments

This hardly seems a good time for Georgia to update its transportation spending plan, given the drama in Washington. For starters, President Trump is attacking Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, the husband of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao – who is rumored to be considering resigning her post.

France rises as new French President reaches out to President Trump

July 17, 2017, 7:04 pm/6 Comments

The ascension of France on the global stage was exemplified on July 14 – Bastille Day – when Frenchman Warren Barguil gave France its first Bastille Day Tour de France victory in 12 years.

But an even more significant sign was when U.S. President Donald Trump accepted an invitation from the recently-elected President of France – Emmanuel Macron – to spend Bastille Day in Paris.

Atlanta recognizes top performers in Better Buildings Challenge as fate of national program seems unclear

July 14, 2017, 5:24 pm/0 Comments

On the heels of reports that rank Atlanta among cities with the most green buildings, the city of Atlanta and its partners have recognized nearly 80 buildings that are leaders in the Atlanta Better Buildings Challenge.

Metro Atlanta ranks third in green buildings as Trump proposes to defund Energy Star Program

July 9, 2017, 4:32 pm/1 Comment

Metro Atlanta has climbed to third place on the fourth annual Green Building Adoption Index, an index led by CBRE, a real estate firm. But the big news appears in at the start of the executive summary – regarding the potential demise of the green building movement.

Facing federal budget cuts, Georgia alone cannot bear the brunt of environmental protection

July 2, 2017, 7:53 pm/0 Comments

By Guest Columnist GIL ROGERS, director of the Southern Environmental Law Center’s Georgia and Alabama offices

On July 4th, many Georgians celebrate by heading outdoors to cool off in rivers and lakes around the state, hike trails around Georgia’s state parks, and enjoy the fireworks after running Atlanta’s Peachtree Road Race, the world’s largest 10K.

U.S. Ag Sec. Sonny Perdue lauds NAFTA in Savannah meetings with reps from Canada, Mexico

June 22, 2017, 9:17 pm/0 Comments

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue emphasized the value of NAFTA as he met this week in Savannah with senior government representatives of Canada and Mexico. Perdue’s support was evident in his tweets and his support of the joint statement released at the conclusion of the trade meeting.

Remembering Papa on Father’s Day; knowing how mad he would be about Trump’s reversal on Cuba

June 19, 2017, 3:40 am/12 Comments

As I write this, Father’s Day is coming to a close.

The day has been filled with memories of Papa – interrupted by the news of the day.

One memory of Papa keeps colliding with today’s news of President Donald Trump refreezing the thawing of restrictions in U.S. trade and travel to Cuba.

Georgians, state treasury to suffer under President Trump’s budget plan

June 19, 2017, 12:31 am/0 Comments

By Guest Columnist TAIFA BUTLER, executive director of the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute

Georgians can find a lot not to like in the federal budget President Trump is proposing. It jeopardizes the state’s financial stability. It promises to hurt the ability of millions of Georgians to meet basic living standards. Even Social Security disability benefits are slashed in the planned budget cuts.

Faith community stepping up on climate change

June 11, 2017, 2:55 pm/0 Comments

By Guest Columnist SUSAN VARLAMOFF, coauthor of the ‘Laudato Si Action Plan’ and author of ‘Sustainable Gardening for the Southeast’

Nature abhors a vacuum. With the withdrawal of the United States from the Paris climate accord, there is a void in global leadership on climate change that others are willing and able to fill it. Countries like China, Germany and France are stepping up. In the U.S., states, cities, universities, corporations, and even churches are voluntarily reducing greenhouse emissions in the spirit of the Paris climate accord.

Mayor Kasim Reed joins 186 mayors in supporting Paris climate accord

June 4, 2017, 4:52 pm/1 Comment

When Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed announced May 31 that Atlanta remains committed to the Paris Climate Agreement, despite President Trump’s decision to pull out of the accord, Reed was in a group of 187 U.S. mayors who represent some 52 million Americans.

Anti-Trump protests cost Atlanta taxpayers up to $16 million for public safety

May 24, 2017, 9:29 pm/14 Comments

Atlanta taxpayers will pay up to $16 million for public safety services provided during protests in January against President Trump’s inauguration and his travel ban directed at seven Muslim-majority countries, Atlanta’s budget chief said Wednesday.

Run Oprah run? Don’t count on it

May 15, 2017, 5:04 pm/3 Comments

Oprah Winfrey delivered the commencement address for Agnes Scott College in Decatur. Those expecting a life-affirming message from the media icon got their wish. But those hoping the billionaire guru would offer a glimmer of hope for a future White House bid were sorely disappointed.

Trump’s order on offshore drilling not likely to prompt quick surge of new rigs

May 1, 2017, 5:33 pm/0 Comments

The week that President Trump signed an executive order to authorize offshore oil drilling, three rigs were moved out of the Gulf of Mexico. The move left 17 rigs in the gulf, down from 24 the same week last year and down from the peak of 176 rigs in 2001, according to industry tracker Baker Hughes.

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