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Georgia
PIRG Says: Conserve Our Land
With the metro
Atlanta region losing 54 acres of trees every day to
overdevelopment, Georgia PIRG is launching a new campaign
to urge lawmakers to establish stronger preservation
incentives for private landowners.
Too
Little, Too Late; EPA’s Mercury Rule Final
On March
15, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized
a rule allowing power plants to continue emitting dangerous
levels of mercury well into the future.
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| Georgia’s
farmlands, like Hyde Farm in Cobb County, pictured
here, are threatened by out-ofcontrol development.
The state lacks strong incentives for landowners
to preserve our open spaces. |
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