Four Electric Membership Corporations (EMCs) have backed out of a plan to build a coal-fired plant in Washington County, citing concerns over new carbon emissions standards that may roll out from the Obama administration. Jackson and GreyStone Power, which had…
Georgia’s knight in shining armor this spring proved to be none other than the Atlanta Regional Commission, which saved thousands of commuters one day a week of driving by giving MARTA $25 million to continue full-week operations. The legislature not…
The Georgia Department of Trans-portation has officially recommended that Amtrak abandon plans to use the Atlanta Beltline’s Decatur Belt for commuter and high speed rail service, a reversal that should end much recent ill will among the beleaguered agencies, and…
Georgia Power can build two new nuclear reactors in Georgia free from fiscal worry now that the legislature passed Senate Bill 31, allowing the utility to begin charging customers before the reactors are built. The Public Service Commission subsequently approved…
Georgia needs both high-speed passenger rail and the Atlanta Beltline (a 22-mile ring of light rail and parks) to remain a viable economic player in the 21st century, but these two trains are currently on a collision course: Amtrak wants…
Atlanta Beltline Inc. has dissolved NE Corridor Partners, a joint venture it created with Barry Real Estate Cos. in 2007 to buy and develop some five miles of the 22-mile loop of parks, trails and trains city leaders are hoping…
Cobb County voted to spend $40 million on new parklands in the November election. The county has proven a good land steward, investing $37 million in about 400 acres over the last year, and voters approved the new bond two-to-one.…
• Hiking on Cumberland Island – miles away from civilization and the auto traffic that haunts the rest of the state – is an experience critical to many a Georgian’s appreciation of our natural resources. Now a tradition that has…
• Boat propellers are believed to have killed four endangered manatees that washed up on the coast of Savannah near Talmadge Bridge in September. A U.S. Geological Survey found that boat collisions are the top long-term threat to manatees; boats…
• Some of Georgia’s parks and public golf courses are at risk of closing as a result of a $1.6 billion budget gap, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, which has been ordered to cut six to 10…
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