Preserving America's Natural Heritage
100 Released by: Environment Georgia Release date: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 Lessons from States' Efforts to Fund Open Space Protections America’s open spaces are an integral part of our national...
View ArticleGreen and Shovel Ready
100 Released by: Environment Georgia Release date: Thursday, April 9, 2009 Green and Shovel Ready.pdf Executive Summary Georgia’s reliance on dirty energy is fueling global warming, harming our health,...
View ArticleBuilding a Better Future
100 Released by: Environment Georgia Release date: Thursday, May 14, 2009 Efficiency-Report.pdf Executive Summary America is the largest consumer of energy in the world. The majority of this energy is...
View ArticlePlug-In Cars
100 Released by: Environment Georgia Release date: Wednesday, April 7, 2010 Plug In Cars Report.pdf Executive Summary America’s current fleet of gasoline-powered cars and trucks leaves us dependent on...
View ArticleThe Nuclear Bailout
100 Released by: Environment Georgia Release date: Monday, June 14, 2010 The Nuclear Bailout - WEB.pdf Executive Summary In February 2010, the Obama administration announced that it would help finance...
View ArticleDanger in the Air
100 Released by: Environment Georgia Release date: Thursday, September 22, 2011 DangerInTheAirReport_GAE_web.pdf All Americans should be able to breathe clean air. But pollution from power plants and...
View ArticleGeorgia's Biggest Mercury Polluters
100 Released by: Environment Georgia Release date: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 GAE Biggest Mercury Polluters - WEB.pdf Power plants continue to release large amounts of toxic pollutants, including...
View ArticleCharging Forward
100 Released by: Environment Georgia Research & Policy Center Release date: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 Electric Vehicles are Ready to Roll in Georgia Charging Forward Full Report.pdf Executive...
View ArticleThe Turning Point for Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy
100 Released by: National Wildlife Federation & Environment Georgia Release date: Thursday, September 13, 2012 Georgia at the Back of the Pack in Race for Offshore Wind FINAL - NWF Turning Point...
View ArticleWind Power for a Cleaner America
100 Released by: Environment Georgia Research & Policy Center Release date: Wednesday, November 28, 2012A Fiscal Cliff for Wind Energy?GA_Wind_v7_print.pdfCoal- and natural gas-fired power plants...
View ArticleA Bright Future
100 Released by: Environment Georgia Research & Policy Center Release date: Wednesday, March 13, 2013New report outlines vision for how Atlanta can become the South’s solar energy leaderGAE Solar...
View ArticleLighting the Way
Solar energy is on the rise. America has more than three times as much solar photovoltaic capacity today as in 2010, and more than 10 times as much as in 2007. In the first three months of 2013, solar...
View ArticleAmerica's Dirtiest Power Plants
Global warming is one of the most profound threats of our time, and we’re already starting to feel the impacts – especially when it comes to extreme weather. From Hurricane Sandy to devastating...
View ArticleDeath by 1,000 Cuts
2013 represented the third consecutive year of funding cuts to the National Park Service operating budget, resulting in a 13 percent reduction in today’s dollars over those years. When combined with...
View ArticleShining Cities
Solar power is on the rise across America—increasing 200-fold in the United States since 2002—and major cities are helping to lead this clean energy revolution. Shining Cities: At the Forefront of...
View ArticleWasting our Waterways
Industrial facilities continue to dump millions of pounds of toxic chemicals into America’s rivers, streams, lakes and ocean waters each year – threatening both the environment and human health....
View ArticleAmerica's Dirtiest Power Plants
Cleaning up power plants is one of the most important steps the U.S. can take to reduce the threat of global warming. In 2012, U.S. power plants produced more carbon pollution than the entire economies...
View ArticleMore Wind, Less Warming
American wind power already produced enough energy in 2013 to power 15 million homes. Continued, rapid development of wind energy would allow the renewable resource to supply 30 percent of the nation’s...
View ArticleMore Wind, Less Warming
If America were to take advantage of just a frac- tion of its wind energy potential to get 30 percent of its electricity from the wind by 2030, the nation could cut carbon emissions from power plants...
View ArticleStar Power
Georgia could meet its energy needs by capturing just a sliver of the virtually limitless and pollution-free energy that strikes the state every day in the form of sunlight. With solar installation...
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