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(IPS) Coal Trains Run into Stiff Resistance in U.S.

December 28, 2013 MATTHEW CHARLES Leave a comment

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/12/new-coal-projects-meet-stiff-resistance-u-s/ SPOKANE, Washington, Dec 27 2013 (IPS) – Citizens and activists in the U.S. Pacific Northwest are fighting three different proposed coal terminals, including one in Oregon and two in Washington. Meanwhile, three formerly proposed coal terminals have already been defeated. Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign recently cited these defeats […]

PSC Again Hikes Georgia Power Rates, Declines on Solar Tax

December 20, 2013 MATTHEW CHARLES Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — The Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) voted unanimously Tuesday, December 17, 2013, to approve a compromise agreement between Georgia Power and the PSC staff. As previously reported by Atlanta Progressive News, Georgia Power’s original request was for a rate increase of 1.46 billion dollars. The original request also included a newly proposed “solar tax,” […]

Activist Cites Progress on “We the People” Amendment

December 16, 2013 CHERYL ROSENBLUM Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — On Monday, December 09, 2013, activist David Cobb of the Move to Amend campaign, visited Atlanta to speak about corporate personhood again at Manuel’s Tavern. Last year, Atlanta Progressive News also interviewed Cobb when he visited Atlanta around the same time to promote a proposed amendment to the Constitution of the U.S., which would ban […]

Moral Monday North Carolina Discusses Next Steps

December 15, 2013 MATTHEW CHARLES Leave a comment

Moral Monday Movement Coming to Georgia

December 15, 2013 KEVIN MORAN Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — Since August 19, 2013, a “Moral Monday” movement has been building in Georgia to take back our State government from the interests of corporations and wealthy people. The Moral Monday Georgia Coalition, which includes people of faith and citizens of Georgia, has been meeting every two weeks to plan for progressive actions during the 2014 Legislative Session. […]

Briscoe Brown Unseats McDaniel, as Pro-Charter Board Cements in APS Runoff

December 4, 2013 MATTHEW CHARLES Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — In the Run-off Elections held yesterday, December 03, 2013, political newcomer Cynthia Briscoe Brown unseated the current Chairman of the Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education (APS BOE), Reuben McDaniel, for the At-large Seat 8. Briscoe Brown is probably one of the only charter school critics to have been elected to what is an almost […]

(IPS) Native Americans Seek Equal Access to Voting Precincts

December 3, 2013 MATTHEW CHARLES Leave a comment

This aricle first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/12/native-americans-seek-equal-access-voting-precincts/ SPOKANE, Washington, Dec 13 2013 (IPS) – In a lawsuit that could have nationwide implications for ballot-box access for tribes across the United States, Native Americans from Montana are pushing for early voting precincts to be placed closer to the locations of three tribal reservations – the Crow, Northern […]

Georgia Tech’s Ties to Drones Focus of Workshop, upcoming Activism

December 3, 2013 KEVIN MORAN Leave a comment

By Kevin Moran, Special to The Atlanta Progressive News (APN) CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY, Georgia — Medea Benjamin, founder of CODEPINK, was the keynote speaker at the Georgia Peace & Justice Coalition (GPJC) Drone Task Force Workshop, at this year’s protest against the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC, formerly known as the School of the Americas). The […]