Thorough review identifies Georgia’s Climate Champions in the State Legislature (Atlanta, Georgia) - Today, Georgia Conservation Voters (GCV), one of the state’s leading environmental justice organizations, released its Environmental Scorecard for the 2023-2024...
The 2024 State Legislative Session was memorable for Georgia Conservation Voters. We helped introduce four pieces of legislation, hosted an advocacy day with our non-profit partners, and rolled out our 100% Renewable Energy Campaign. We were on the tail end of a...
Most Expensive Electricity on Earth: $20/month Bill Increases Coming After Vogtle Units 3 & 4 Begin Commercial Operation, 7 Years Late and $21 Billion Over Budget ATLANTA – MAY 30, 2024 – Will Georgia’s new reactors at Plant Vogtle be the last nuclear reactors...
[Atlanta, Georgia - April 30, 2024] — This week, plaintiffs Brionté McCorkle, Wanda Mosely, James Woodall, and Richard Rose appeal their case to the United States Supreme Court alleging that statewide Georgia Public Service Commission elections violate the Voting...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 8th, 2024 Atlanta, GA: This week, Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger canceled the fall elections for the state’s Public Service Commission. This decision comes after the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the current election...
League of Conservation Voters Releases National Environmental Scorecard For Georgia’s Delegation Atlanta, GA – Last week, Georgia Conservation Voters (GCV) released the Georgia delegation’s scores for the League of Conservation Voters’ 2023 National Environmental...
When I was a child, I remember the long, dark drive my parents would make to my grandparent's old country house in South Georgia. The roads seemed to go on for miles with fields of green, dirt and shrubs. The worst words I could hear were, “Let’s go you guys, we're...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BREAKING: Federal Court Rules Against Georgia Voters in Georgia Secretary of State’s Appeal of PSC Elections Atlanta, GA - November 28th, 2023 — Georgia Conservation Voters (GCV) announces its strong opposition to the recent federal appeals court...
Written by Brionté McCorkle July delivered the world’s hottest day on record, and Georgians are feeling the impacts of the climate crisis more than ever before — it’s clearly at our doorstep. But despite the alarm prompted by an unbearably hot summer, this August, we...
Environmental and Social Justice Groups Call On DeKalb County to Follow State Regulations for Water Protection ATLANTA — Local environmental and social justice organizations call on the DeKalb County Soil and Water Conservation District to protect the South River and...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Kyra Madunich-Arevalo, kmadunich@lcv.org, 909-767-9743 Kristi Johnston, kristi.johnston@nextgenamerica.org Denis Dison, ddison@nrdc.org Kevin Harris, kevin.harris@sierraclub.org Leading Environmental and Climate Organizations Endorse...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT: Eden Alem, eden@climatepower.us Trump Vows to Gut Georgia’s EV Sector, Killing Thousands of Clean Energy Jobs in the Nation’s EV Capital WASHINGTON, D.C. — As Donald Trump faces a slew of criminal investigations and indictments, he’s...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 9, 2023 Contact: Alexis Greenblatt, Georgia Conservation Voters, alexis@gcvoters.org, 678-242-9644; Brionté McCorkle can be reached at brionte@gcvoters.org or 478-919-5326. Georgia Conservation Voters Celebrates the US Supreme Court’s...
The newly formed People's Campaign to Stop Cop City brings together environmental groups, communities of faith, and social justice groups to join the movement to Stop Cop City. Press Contacts: Tim Franzen 404-414-5521, Marcus Coleman 404-964-1223 Press...
[This blog post is taken from Krista Brewer's newsletter, The Political Peach, which is sent out biweekly and covers political issues happening in Georgia. In this installment, GCV's Political Director, Allie Brown, was featured to discuss the importance of the...