Net tight for G-8 security on water
“They've gotten millions of dollars to upgrade security, but what have they spent it on? Higher fences and better lighting are all things that can easily be overcome by a determined person”
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New power plants not the best option
Rita Kilpatrick, Georgia policy director of Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, responds to PSC Commissioner Stan Wise's column supporting nuclear power expansion. Kilpatrick argues that new power plants are not the best option and advocates instead…
School buses' sooty exhausts highlighted
“Let's go ahead and make this stuff happen. There's really no reason to wait”
'Green diesel' tested on yellow buses
The article examines the environmental and health impacts of diesel-powered school buses in metro Atlanta, where virtually all 6,000 buses use diesel fuel. It discusses how schoolchildren are exposed to harmful particulate matter from bus emissions…
Red flags in 'green energy' plan
“Georgia Power added insult to injury because the landfill gas didn't even meet the minimum emission standards they'd agreed to”
Court: TVA can 'ignore' EPA order
“This ruling — issued on a 'Code Red' day of high smog levels throughout the Southeast — effectively means that TVA is allowed to continue to harm public health in the Southeast, by emitting excessive levels of harmful air pollution from its coal-fired power plants”
Southern's new fuel is uniquely 'green'
“We think they can be providing significantly more leadership.”
State panel OKs disputed high-volt power line bill
A Georgia House committee approved legislation requiring power companies to obtain a certificate of need and hold public hearings before constructing high-voltage power lines. Jim Presswood, a lawyer with the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, criticized…
Southern Co. chief will retire
“There's just something about the company's culture”
Option of 'green energy' coming
“incremental step toward increasing reliance on renewable energy generation in the region”
Wind power raising hopes for clean energy
“Our goal was to knock down the myth that wind doesn't blow in the South”