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1 month ago | 
thecurrentga.org | Emily Jones |Katie Myers |Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco |Izzy Ross |Mary Landers
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist,BPR, a public radio station serving western North Carolina,WABE, Atlanta’s NPR station, WBEZ, a public radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan region, and Interlochen Public Radio in Northern Michigan.
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1 month ago | 
thecurrentga.org | Emily Jones |Mary Landers
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WABE and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization Georgia voters can elect commissioners for two seats on the state’s powerful Public Service Commission this year, after years of delays and canceled elections. The PSC oversees utilities like electricity, gas and telecommunications companies. That includes regulating Georgia Power, the state’s largest electric provider.
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2 months ago | 
thecurrentga.org | Emily Jones |Mary Landers
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WABE and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Some Georgia state legislators are again trying to revive a state office to advocate for utility customers. A similar effort passed the state Senate last year but foundered in the House. Most states have a consumer utility counsel, or CUC, who represents the interests of utility customers before state and federal regulators and in courts.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
thecurrentga.org | Emily Jones |Mary Landers
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WABE and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns (R-Newington) this week announced the development of a plan to ensure the state has enough energy and water to support the ongoing economic development boom.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
thecurrentga.org | Emily Jones |Mary Landers
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WABE and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Most winter days off Georgia’s coast, scientists crisscross the waves looking for North Atlantic right whales. Those in a boat stay in constant contact with colleagues in a small plane – all scanning the water for whales and, hopefully, newborn calves.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
thecurrentga.org | Emily Jones |Mary Landers
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WABE and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. The first North Atlantic right whale calf of the season has been spotted by a boater off South Carolina. Scientists are also tracking several adult whales who may give birth in the coming weeks. Tracking North Atlantic right whales is a team effort spanning the entire U.S. Atlantic coast from Canada to Florida.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
thecurrentga.org | Emily Jones |Mary Landers
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WABE and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Georgia is launching two new pilot programs offering rebates for home energy efficiency, the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority announced Wednesday. They’re funded by $220 million from the Inflation Reduction Act, the Biden administration’s landmark climate legislation.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
thecurrentga.org | Emily Jones |Mary Landers
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WABE and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. The population of North Atlantic right whales increased slightly in 2023, according to the latest estimate from scientists, released Tuesday – rare good news for the critically endangered whales that give birth off Georgia’s coast. But the species is still in trouble.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
ajc.com | Emily Jones
At the Re:Purpose Savannah warehouse on the city’s east side, staff and volunteers spent a recent morning unloading wooden panels from a pickup truck, reglazing old windows and using a metal detector to find and pull out nails in used wood. “The materials come from the historic buildings that we lovingly deconstruct,” explained Jordan Lynch, the organization’s salvage manager.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
thecurrentga.org | Emily Jones |Mary Landers
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WABE and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. At the Re:Purpose Savannah warehouse on the city’s east side, staff and volunteers spent a recent morning unloading wooden panels from a pickup truck, reglazing old windows and using a metal detector to find and pull out nails in used wood. “The materials come from the historic buildings that we lovingly deconstruct,” explained Jordan Lynch, the organization’s salvage manager.
