by Georgia Conservation Voters | Jul 9, 2020 | Elections, Energy & Climate
The Georgia Public Service Commission is composed of 5 elected officials that are supposed to defend and protect customers from Georgia Power’s greed. Instead, these individuals continue to allow Georgia Power to charge customers higher rates while corporate...
by Georgia Conservation Voters | Jul 9, 2020 | Energy & Climate
Summertime has arrived and everyone is readying grills by the pool and trips outside (even in spite of COVID!). This usually means lots of air conditioner, iced drinks and other activities to help keep cool. Unfortunately, this also means we spend a lot of energy,...
by Georgia Conservation Voters | Jun 22, 2020 | Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 17, 2020 Contact: Courtnee Connon, 727-744-4163 courtnee_connon@lcv.org Washington D.C. – The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Action Fund, which works to elect pro-environment candidates, announced today its endorsements of both...
by Georgia Conservation Voters | Jun 22, 2020 | Air Quality, Energy & Climate
Legislators indefinitely postponed the legislative session just as we were making significant progress on several environmental issues. This postponement was alarming, as the outcome of these bills will have a substantial impact on public health: Ethylene oxide In...
by Georgia Conservation Voters | Jun 19, 2020 | Legislative
It’s been a wild year on both the state and federal levels of government and the Georgia General Assembly has returned to session. It’s difficult to keep up legislation on a normal year, much less remember during a pandemic, so GCV is here to provide you with updates...
by Georgia Conservation Voters | Jun 11, 2020 | Democracy, Environmental Justice, Uncategorized
Join GCV as Executive Director Brionte McCorkle goes on air with Carrie Freeman on her podcast “In Tune to Nature.” Listen as she discusses how we live in a flawed society and how Brionte lays out the connection between racial injustice and the often...
by Georgia Conservation Voters | Jun 5, 2020 | Land & Wildlife
DeKalb County wants to swap a large portion of the park to Blackhall Studios. If they succeed it will put all public land in DeKalb at risk of private development. The precedent could even threaten parks across the entire state of Georgia. What does this mean? 40...
by Georgia Conservation Voters | Jun 4, 2020 | Democracy, Elections, Environmental Justice, Federal Updates, Land & Wildlife, Legislative
Although COVID-19 continues to be ever present in the minds of voters and politicians, the legislative work continues in Washington D.C. as Congress continues to debate. We know it can be hard to remember what’s going on, so we wanted to give an update on current...
by Georgia Conservation Voters | May 6, 2020 | Democracy, Elections
Additional Absentee Voting Information: If you requested an absentee ballot but did not receive it, you can still head to your local poll station. When you arrive, make sure to talk to a poll worker and let them know that you requested an absentee ballot but did not...
by Georgia Conservation Voters | May 6, 2020 | Democracy, Elections
Georgia has a grave problem of systemic voter suppression. The history of voter suppression and the exclusion of people of color, women, and indigenous people from our democracy has continued rippling effects on our state. These groups are also the most at risk of...
