“That boulder has a bad attitude.”
April 3, 2018
By Bill Witherspoon
“That boulder has a bad attitude.”
I was leading a geology walk into Zahnd Natural Area on Lookout Mountain, and I had inserted an awful pun. “Attitude” can refer to the orientation of rock layers in space....
Dr. Mark Cooper Releases Report Recommending the End of Nuclear Expansion at Plant Vogtle
February 28, 2018
A Clean Slate For Vogtle, Clean Energy For Georgia
The Case for Ending Construction at the Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant and Reorienting Policy to Least-Cost, Clean Alternatives
A report by Dr. Mark Cooper, Senior Research Fellow for...
Vogtle Gets The Green Light - What’s Next?
January 29, 2018
By Ian Karra
Georgians got an early Christmas present from the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) in the form of guaranteed higher future electricity rates. On December 21, the commission unanimously voted to give Georgia Power the green...
Environmental Consequences of a Georgian Culture of Convenience: Observations from a Semi-Recent Transplant
January 29, 2018
By Matthew Snope
We live in a hotel civilization… in which people are obsessed with comfort, contentment, and convenience, where the lights are always on. [We] don’t have time for questions. We don’t have time for such...
Cumberland Island Faces Continuing Development Threat
June 1, 2017
A recent move by the Camden County Board of County Commissioners could open Cumberland Island to development by a handful of elite property owners, including heirs of Coca-Cola founder Asa Candler.