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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Georgia Newsletter for Thursday March 28, 2024 ( 4 items )  

Care USA: Congress Passes FY24 Budget, Misses the Mark
ATLANTA, Georgia, March 28 -- Care USA issued the following agency statement on March 27, 2024: * * * Over the weekend, Congress finished its work to pass an FY24 budget, the final tranche of which included an international affairs budget that was cut by 6%. It is astonishing that, at this moment of global suffering, Congress has cut back on key accounts that alleviate poverty, protect us from pandemics, and support people in crisis. There were a few bright spots - a new account for frontline  more

Care USA: Nine Years of Conflict - Yemen's Women and Girls Bear the Brunt of Uncertainty
ATLANTA, Georgia, March 27 -- Care USA issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: Today marks a bitter milestone for the people of Yemen as they pass the ninth year of a long conflict impacting the lives of each and every one across the country. Since the truce - brokered in April 2022 and which expired six months later - Yemen has remained in relative calm in terms of active conflict. However, under this layer of calm lies a concerning state of anguish. According to the 2024 Humani  more

Environmental Entrepreneurs: Clean Economy NOW - New Book Details Biggest U.S. Economic Revolution in Generations
WASHINGTON, March 27 (TNSres) -- Environmental Entrepreneurs issued the following news release: * * * Threat from Lawmakers Sabotaging Growth * * * Solar panels produced in rural Ohio and Alabama. Electric cars, trucks and buses rolling off assembly lines in Georgia and Tennessee. Cutting-edge batteries coming from the Carolina foothills and the California desert. The U.S. is at the advent of what could be the biggest economic revolution in generations -- as long as lawmakers and politician  more

Southern Environmental Law Center: Georgia Power Settles Request for More Energy, Expanding Fossil Fuels
ATLANTA, Georgia, March 28 -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: Today the Georgia Public Service Commission's Public Interest Advocacy Staff filed settlement terms with Georgia Power on the company's off-cycle Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). The terms of this settlement must be approved by Georgia's Public Service Commission. This settlement was made public minutes before the last round of IRP public hearings. The settlement terms expand   more