(APN) ATLANTA — Georgia Power boldly goes where everyone else has already been, this week announcing its first purchase of wind energy to be included as part of the energy mix that serves Georgia consumers: 250 megawatts (MW) of wind energy from EDP Renewables North America’s wind farms in southwest Oklahoma. Over 50,000 Georgia homes and businesses can now […]
Read moreThis article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/01/more-aging-u-s-coal-plants-hit-the-chopping-block/ ATLANTA, Georgia, Jan 10 2013 (IPS) – Georgia Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company, one of the largest utilities in the U.S. south, plans to retire 15 coal and oil-fired energy generating units at four different plants, in the latest sign that a national campaign against coal is gaining traction. […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Tuesday, November 20, 2012, at the Variety Playhouse, Bill McKibben, President and Co-Founder of 350.org, spoke to a sold-out audience of several hundred Metro Atlantans about the global social problem of climate change. 350.org is an international organization with staff members in the US, Brazil, Burundi, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, and Ukraine. According to […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — In our continuing coverage of two statewide races this year for Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC), Atlanta Progressive News sat down for an interview with David Staples, the Libertarian nominee for the District 5 PSC seat, which is currently held by incumbent Stan Wise, a Republican. No Democrat qualified for the race, meaning that Wise and Staples […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — During the July 31, 2012, Partisan Primary and Non-partisan General Election, progressive candidates for State House races in the Atlanta area–including former State Rep. “Able” Mable Thomas (D-Atlanta), and State Reps. Pat Gardner (D-Atlanta), Simone Bell (D-Atlanta), and Keisha Waites (D-Atlanta)–fared well, while the T-SPLOST was defeated for the Metro Atlanta region. It was an unusually strong […]
Read moreThis article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/06/u-s-sees-greatest-reduction-in-co2-emissions/ ATLANTA, Georgia, Jun 30 2012 (IPS) – According to a recent report by the International Energy Agency, the U.S. has seen the greatest reduction in carbon dioxide pollution within the past six years in comparison to any other country, even as global carbon dioxide pollution has reached record highs. […]
Read moreThis article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=107894. ATLANTA, Georgia, May 23, 2012 (IPS) – A coalition of advocacy groups is targeting corporate support for the right-wing Heartland Institute after the organisation took out a controversial billboard in Chicago comparing people who believe in global warming to a serial killer and mass murderer. On Tuesday, the group […]
Read moreThis article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=107625. ATLANTA, Georgia, Apr 30, 2012 (IPS) – As the United Nations and countries around the world look at cooperatives as an alternative economic model for the production of energy, rural energy cooperatives have thrived for over eight decades in the U.S., and citizens in some parts of the country […]
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