If Savannah and fellow forward-looking communities hope to achieve the important goals they share in reducing climate threats, we must resolve to aggressively endorse emission restrictions, beginning with U.S. controls on methane leaks
David C. Kyler
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Reconsidering federal flood insurance subsidies
AS A longtime coastal property-owner and environmental advocate, I believe it’s important that the public understands the consequences of pursuing cheaper flood insurance in these times of greater risk, primarily […]
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Congressman Carter’s performance casts grave doubts
Many are perplexed that Rep. Carter would betray his constituents by defying their clearly stated desire to protect Georgia’s ocean shores, tourism, quality-of-life and fisheries from the destruction of oil spills
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Renewables aren’t only practical – they’re urgently needed
In fact, without American taxpayers carrying the burden of liability costs in the event of nuclear disasters, the nuke power industry wouldn’t exist
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Climate-change damage growing in Georgia
So-called “nuisance flooding” is occurring with increasing frequency.
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EPA’s ‘Clean Power Plan’ is vital
Rising land- and ocean-surface temperatures, sea level, and ice melt as well as global glacier mass reduction all point toward an array of profound problems.
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More crimes and misdemeanors
Georgia’s main ‘environmental protection’ agency created an Earth Day fiasco that was astounding. On that occasion, EPD issued a “directive” declaring that marsh buffers—a 25-foot-wide no-build strip of upland kept […]
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Deepening denial
There’s enough misinformation circulating about the proposed Savannah harbor deepening project to make a Greek bank loan look solid by comparison. Consider the following in relation to recent news about […]
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Georgia’s water conservation proposal is anemic
Water conservation efforts underway in the General Assembly are noble in claims but anemic in substance. The Georgia Water Stewardship Act of 2010 creates valuable first steps, but falls short […]
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Closer look at Jekyll Island ‘compromise’
THERE ARE vastly differing views on the changes made by the Jekyll Island Authority and Linger Longer Communities in a major development project reported and commented upon recently in the […]
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Vision needed, not delusions
AT A TIME when the future of Georgia requires clear thinking and insightful action more than ever, a few key leaders are presenting the state’s citizens with some of the […]
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Atlanta vs. everybody else
ALMOST THREE YEARS AGO, when I had an editorial published in the Atlanta Journal/Constitution (“Economy & environment form a team,” Dec. 20, 2004), little did I know how topical those […]