What is the situation with Moo-Flu?
Moo-flu...what is it? Where did it come from? And is it harmful to humans?
All About Cumulative Impacts
How Can Cumulative Impact Laws Safeguard Community Well-Being in Georgia? Lessons From Existing Legislation. by Jake Stohr, Isaac Harper, and Caleb Byrd, Science for Georgia Interns. In Georgia and across the United States, environmental burdens are unequally distributed. Marginalized and…
Understanding Equity Action Plans and Community Benefit Plans
Equity Action Plans (EAPs) and Community Benefit Plans (CBPs) are strategic tools that federal agencies and other organizations use to ensure that their actions and investments promote equity and deliver tangible benefits to underserved communities. These plans are particularly relevant…
Carbon Capture and Storage
How does it work, and is it right for Georgia? by Jake Stohr, Emory University Student, and Sci4Ga intern A lot of fuss has been made about carbon capture and storage. It is being touted as method to combat (and…
Rural Georgia Trust & Transparency Toolkit
A guide written by a lifelong rural resident to learn some tips and tricks for effective engagement with rural communities.
Universities Breaking Up with Plastic
The movement away from plastic and other single-use items has ranged in venues from city councils, state houses, workplaces, and universities. Science for Georgia has written extensively on Breaking Up with Plastic; including The Science Of Plastic Recycling, Single Use…
A Day at the Capitol
This may seem ordinary, but what you don’t realize is that I am just some person. I am not a politician. I barely call my representatives, but I do share things on Instagram. My support is community building. I attend…
Duverger’s Law: The Math Behind a Two-Party System
As a swing state, Georgians know very well the entrenched voting battle that is our two-party system. Aside from the anomalous example of Ross Perot in the 90s, third party votes are extremely rare. When we consider the amount of…
Hazardous Site Designation and Money Allocation
The current system accounts only for the site itself, not the burden on the local community. There are hundreds of hazardous waste sites in need of clean-up all over Georgia. Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division (EPD) designates and manages these sites…
Theory vs. Law
Because science has specific terms for things and law is not a measure of goodness or finality. A law is a set of observed facts and theory explains why those observed facts happen. A LAW If X happens then Y…