https://www.lcv.org/article/lcv-statement-on-senate-passage-of-the-inflation-reduction-act For Immediate Release August 7, 2022 Contact: Emily Samsel, esamsel@lcv.org, 828-713-9647 LCV Statement on Senate Passage of the Inflation Reduction Act Washington, D.C. –...
Atlanta, Georgia - In response to last week’s news that Senator Joe Manchin (West Virginia) will not support a Senate Reconciliation bill that includes funding for climate action, Georgia Conservation Voters (GCV) State Political Director Allie Brown had the following...
https://www.lcv.org/article/lcv-chispa-statements-on-wv-v-epa-decision-pass-reconciliation-bill-expand-the-court/ LCV & Chispa Statements on WV v. EPA Decision: Pass Reconciliation Bill, Expand the Court Washington D.C – Today, in response to the Supreme Court of...
For Immediate Release April 8, 2022 Contact: Emily Samsel, esamsel@lcv.org, 828-713-9647 NEW LCV AD: Sen. Warnock is Standing Up to Oil and Gas Price Gouging Sen. Warnock has ‘a plan that provides relief at the pump’ Atlanta, GA – The League of Conservation Voters...
Atlanta, GA — Georgia Conservation Voters (GCV) issued the following statement from Executive Director Brionté McCorkle in response to the historic confirmation of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: “Georgia Conservation Voters would like to extend a very heartfelt...
For Immediate Release April 7, 2022 Contact: Mika Hyer, mhyer@lcv.org, 940-783-2230 LCV Statement on the Historic Confirmation of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court Washington D.C. — In response to today’s Senate vote confirming Justice Ketanji Brown...
Amy Wenk Published April 3, 2022 We are proud to recognize a group of young professionals who are working on critical environmental issues, from cleaning up water to improving community greenspaces. While some on this list have local ties, we decided to broaden our...
Molly Samuel Published March 29, 2022 State regulators will hold hearings soon on Georgia Power’s energy plans for the next two decades. Those plans will dictate how quickly Georgia’s largest utility moves away from fossil fuels, affecting the state’s contribution to...
ATLANTA - The Georgia House of Representatives passed HB 1355: Childhood Lead Exposure Control Act Thursday. The bill, which outlines revisions to lead exposure control, lays out key lead prevention provisions. These include lowering allowable blood lead level limits;...
ATLANTA – State Senator Nan Orrock (D-Atlanta) and State Representative Becky Evans (D-Atlanta) have introduced the “Ratepayer Surcharge Relief Act” in both the House and Senate. House Bill 1503 and Senate Bill 607 seek to end the Plant Vogtle monthly surcharge for...
For Immediate Release Thursday, February 10, 2022 Contact: Jake Best, 770-342-9339 jake_best@ossoff.senate.gov Sen. Ossoff Introduces Legislation to Protect & Preserve the Chattahoochee River Chattahoochee River supplies 70 percent of metro Atlanta’s...
Dorjan J. Williams Published January 15, 2022 Wind the clocks back to late Summer 2021, and the discussion of combating climate change was seemingly not at the top of anyone’s list of political priorities in the Peach State. Well…that is ‘almost’ anyone – one...
Rebekah Sager Published January 14, 2022 A small nonprofit in Georgia has uncovered a shocking injustice facing a tiny town in the south of the state. Not only is pollution from several industrial facilities destroying the environment, but the mostly Black and brown...
Terry Richards Published January 15, 2022 An Atlanta-based conservation group has released a video critical of environmental issues in this Cook County town and their impact on low-income residents. “Abandoned: Greed, Neglect and Environmental Injustice in Adel” was...
Mary Landers Published January 4, 2022 If you feel like you keep reading the same story about the expansion of Plant Vogtle, the only new nuclear power under construction in the U.S., you’re not exactly wrong. Reactors number 3 and 4 at Vogtle on the banks of the...