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![Collage of the state of Georgia with power lines and cooling towers]()
![Collage of the state of Georgia with power lines and cooling towers]()
Your guide to electricity and energy policy in Georgia
From rate case to rooftop, a glossary for understanding how public service commissions work.
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Under pressure from activist investors, big brands agree to report and reduce plastics use
Shareholder advocacy groups have already won plastics-related concessions from companies including Disney, Hormel, and Choice Hotels.
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Israel’s campaign in Gaza is fueling demands to make ‘ecocide’ an international crime
The Hague can only prosecute four types of crimes. Ecocide could become the fifth.
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![A mural that reads Greetings from Historic Downtown Grants Pass, Oregon, with a painting of a river and forest.]()
![A mural that reads Greetings from Historic Downtown Grants Pass, Oregon, with a painting of a river and forest.]()
With limited resources, an Oregon town plans for climate change
Among rural communities, Grants Pass, Oregon, has notched an unlikely win: a sustainability plan. But lack of dedicated staff and resources to secure federal grant funds threaten its success.
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![Cutout of dark soil with cross sections filled with microbes, earthworms, and clouds against blue sky]()
![Cutout of dark soil with cross sections filled with microbes, earthworms, and clouds against blue sky]()
How much carbon can farmers store in their soil? Nobody’s sure.
Advocates say the long-awaited farm bill could help fix that.
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Category 6-level hurricanes are already here, a new study says
But what would change if we added a number to the hurricane scale?
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![Houses and the governor's mansion in San Juan, Puerto Rico]()
As states slash rooftop solar incentives, Puerto Rico extends them
A year after California gutted how much households are paid for excess solar power, Puerto Rico is preserving its net metering program to foster clean energy and resilience.
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![Construction crews move sand to build a sand motor on the coast of Benin, in West Africa. The country is facing rapid erosion as a result of sea level rise.]()
![Construction crews move sand to build a sand motor on the coast of Benin, in West Africa. The country is facing rapid erosion as a result of sea level rise.]()
Can the ‘sand motor’ save West Africa’s eroding coast?
As sea levels rise, engineers are using massive Dutch-inspired sand sculptures to protect shorefront settlements.
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Slow down, do less: A Q&A with the author who introduced ‘degrowth’ to a mass audience
Kohei Saito talks four-day workweeks, private jet bans, and what we gain from reducing consumption.
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Why the slowest EV chargers may be the fastest way to get people into EVs
Apartments need EV charging. Supporters of trickle-slow “Level 1” chargers argue that access is more important than speed.
