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What We’re Reading – Tuesday, September 01, 2015

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Click on full post to access links.   Transgender Georgia Inmate who Filed Suit against State Released from Prison Georgia Voice http://thegavoice.com/transgender-georgia-inmate-who-filed-suit-against-state-released-from-prison/   The Battle of Fulton Industrial: Where will it go, Who wants it? Homerule News http://homerulenews.com/the-battle-of-fulton-industrial-where-will-it-go-who-wants-it-p368-107.htm   Georgia Officer Cleared of Shooting Unarmed Teen now Under State Investigation for Lying WSBTV Channel 2 television news http://m.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/georgia-officer-cleared-shooting-unarmed-teen-now-/nnT3n/   Gas […]

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What We’re Reading: Saturday, August 08, 2015

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Click on the link for the full post to access each of the linked articles: Georgia Senators Back Oil Drilling Plans for Georgia’s Coast as Obama Pushes Climate Change Regulations Saporta Report http://saportareport.com/georgias-senators-back-oil-drilling-plans-for-georgias-coast-as-obama-pushes-climate-change-regulations/   Nathan Deal Gives Georgia Gambling Supporters an Opening Political Insider blog, Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2015/07/27/nathan-deal-gives-georgia-gambling-supporters-an-opening/   Lithonia Resident (Faye Coffield) Invited to White House to Discuss Community […]

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Federal Government Backs 6.5 Billion Dollars in Loans for Plant Vogtle

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  By Glenn Carroll, Special to The Atlanta Progressive News (APN) ATLANTA — On February 20, 2014, U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz came down to Georgia to sign off on giving 6.5 billion in taxpayer dollars to Southern Company, its subsidiary Georgia Power, and Oglethorpe Power to build two nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle near Augusta.   MEAG (Municipal […]

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Green Tea Coalition Launches in Georgia

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(APN) DECATUR — The Green Tea Coalition (GTC) was launched Tuesday, August 06, 2013 at the Atlanta Friends Meeting House, 701 West Howard Avenue in Decatur, Georgia.       Over one hundred people attended from the right, left, and middle of the political spectrum, from all around the State of Georgia, from Savannah in South Georgia to Ringgold in […]

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(IPS) US Agency Gave Nuclear Industry a Sweet Deal, Documents Reveal

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This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/06/u-s-agency-gave-nuclear-industry-a-sweet-deal-documents-reveal/ ATLANTA, Georgia, Jun 30 2012 (IPS) – The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE) recently won a two-year legal battle to secure documents from the U.S. Department of Energy under the Freedom of Information Act related to nuclear power loan guarantees offered to utility companies under the Barack Obama […]

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Shell Bluff Residents Speak Out on Nuclear Reactors

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  (APN) SHELL BLUFF, GEORGIA — On January 07, 2012, a bus carrying members of Georgia Women’s Action for New Directions (GA WAND), Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda, Nuclear Watch South, Grandmothers for Peace, and other concerned citizens arrived in Shell Bluff, Georgia, for a community meeting at Fairfield Missionary Baptist Church, to discuss Georgia Power’s plans for two […]

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AP1000 Design for New Vogtle Reactors a Problem for Georgia Power

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  (APN) ATLANTA – The AP1000 Oversight Group, the North Carolina Waste Awareness and Reduction Network (NC WARN), and Friends of the Earth filed a petition November 10, 2011, to require the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to resolve design issues on the Westinghouse-Toshiba AP 1000 prior to certification. Proposed new reactors for two sites in the US South rely […]

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(IPS) New Clean Air Rules Force Some Coal Plants to Close

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This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=56683 ATLANTA, Georgia, Jul 29, 2011 (IPS) – Utility companies across the U.S. have announced plans to shut down and retire several coal-fired power plants following a new rule published by the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intended to reduce emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide. The new rule, […]

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Georgia PSC Can’t Silence Nuclear Power Debate

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  (APN) Doug Everett, Member of the Georgia Public Service Commission, attempted to limit the scope of public remarks at a recent meeting of the PSC, on Wednesday, July 06, 2011, but could not prevent citizens from stating they do not want two new nuclear power reactors in Georgia at Plant Vogtle. The nuclear disaster at Fukushima is a wake-up […]

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