Every year, in Georgia, hundreds of elected officials gather at the Georgia State Capitol to consider the most pressing challenges of our time. Their time together lasts for 40 days each year for two years and is called the “Georgia legislative session.” Elected state...
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...
LCV Statement on Nomination of Judge Ketanji Jackson to Supreme Court Washington D.C. — In anticipation of President Biden’s historic nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) issued the following statement...
One of the most important aspects of the fight to protect our environment comes from policy decisions made by local, statewide, and federal legislators. While the Georgia Legislature is in session, one of the bills we are paying close attention to is SB 104, the bill...
Residents in Social Circle and Rutledge, Georgia, were shocked to hear the news about a deal to land a $5 billion Rivian electric vehicle factory in their community. After failing to get clear answers, the community came together to raise thousands of dollars to hire...
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...
January 11, 2022 Atlanta, Georgia -- In response to President Joe Biden's trip to Georgia, Georgia Conservation Voters Executive Director Brionté McCorkle released the following statement: "Today, we are standing with our friends, fellow advocates, allies and voting...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 15, 2021 Contact: Abraham Park, Georgia Conservation Voters, abraham@gcvoters.org Georgia Conservation Voters Education Fund Releases Comprehensive Report on Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4 Atlanta, GA -- Georgia Conservation Voters...
For more information contact: Jesse Demonbreun-Chapman, 706-232-2724, jesse@coosa.org For more information about specific Dirty Dozen sites view the report at: https://www.gawater.org/resources/dirty-dozen For Immediate Release Dec. 14, 2021: Today, Georgia’s...
Georgia Conservation Voters Statement on the House passage of H.R. 5736, the Build Back Better Act: Atlanta, GA — Georgia Conservation Voters Executive Director Brionté McCorkle issued the following statement upon the House passage of the Build Back Better Act: ...