Introducing Faces of Resilience: Highlighting Climate Wins Across Georgia

by GCV Education Fund | Apr 9, 2025 | Energy & Climate, Environmental Justice

The new series focuses on the people making change in their communities and the material impacts of their efforts to strengthen our resilience to a changing climate. The GCV Team joined members of the Kennedy family at HK Farms – a 1,000 acre homestead started...

Press Release: Environmental and Social Justice Groups Call On DeKalb County to Follow State Regulations for Water Protection

by GCV Education Fund | Jul 28, 2023 | Environmental Justice, Press & Media, Water

Environmental and Social Justice Groups Call On DeKalb County to Follow State Regulations for Water Protection ATLANTA — Local environmental and social justice organizations call on the DeKalb County Soil and Water Conservation District to protect the South River and...

Plant Vogtle: Georgia’s Radioactive White Elephant?

by GCV Education Fund | Aug 31, 2022 | Energy & Climate, Environmental Justice

Southeast of Augusta, perched on Georgia’s eastern border, two huge cooling towers with rising plumes of steam keep the nuclear reactors below from melting down as they produce electricity for much of Georgia. These towers and their reactors (Units 1 and 2) are named...

How the Inflation Reduction Act will catalyze climate action in Georgia

by GCV Education Fund | Aug 15, 2022 | Energy & Climate, Environmental Justice, Legislative

Last week, Congressional Democrats in Washington passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and sent an extraordinary piece of legislation to President Biden. This $700 Billion bill includes $369 Billion towards energy security and climate solutions, making it the...

Rivian: Electric Vehicles and EJ

by GCV Education Fund | Feb 16, 2022 | Air Quality, Energy & Climate, Environmental Justice, Transportation

Residents in Social Circle and Rutledge, Georgia, were shocked to hear the news about a deal to land a $5 billion Rivian electric vehicle factory in their community. After failing to get clear answers, the community came together to raise thousands of dollars to hire...

‘Ain’t Easy Being Green’ | ICYMI-Grassroots organization makes their mark in East Point for statewide environmental change

by GCV Education Fund | Jan 19, 2022 | Energy & Climate, Environmental Justice, Press & Media

Dorjan J. Williams Published January 15, 2022 Wind the clocks back to late Summer 2021, and the discussion of combating climate change was seemingly not at the top of anyone’s list of political priorities in the Peach State. Well…that is ‘almost’ anyone – one...