Category Archives: social justice

Disenchantment spreads to Conservatives, last call for King America permit comments

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Katherine Helms Cummings

Displeasure with the state’s “protection’ of our natural resources, specifically the Ogeechee River, has found strong voices among leading Conservatives in the last few weeks. Now State Senator Buddy Carter has joined the choir. Yesterday the Albany Journal ran a letter … Continue reading →

Posted in clean air, environment, environmental justice, ethics, Georgia, Georgia General Assembly, rural, social justice | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Why the Georgia EPD is toothless

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Katherine Helms Cummings

This week started with Mary Landers at the Savannah Morning News reporting that employees at King American Finishing (KAF) were told to drink bottled water at work for the past six months. Tests of two wells at the company’s textile and … Continue reading →

Posted in clean water, environment, environmental justice, ethics, family, food, Georgia, Georgia General Assembly, politics, rural, social justice | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

‘Tis but a scratch

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Katherine Helms Cummings

Five years ago there were 10 EMCs backing Dean Alford’s Plant Washington coal project. Now Alford has announced that there aren’t any EMCs left in the group, EMCs that had originally announced that they would own, operate, and buy power … Continue reading →

Posted in clean air, clean water, co-op reform, coal, EMC, environment, environmental justice, ethics, Georgia, Plant Washington, renewable energy, rural, social justice | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment