YOUR HELP IS NEEDED TO SAFEGUARD COASTAL WATERSPLEASE SIGN
THE "NO WATER GRABS" PETITION OF THE GEORGIA WATER
COALITION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND ASK YOU FRIENDS TO DO THE SAME. ~ David Kyler, Executive Director Center for a Sustainable Coast
Our Vision...
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Why Your Help is Needed!
Center for a Sustainable Coast is a non-profit
environmental organization that works with concerned citizens...more
1. Advance policies that promote innovative, sustainable ways to use resources in supporting the needs of coastal communities and future generations.
2. Encourage use of the "precautionary principle" to avoid significant risks to public resources when information is inadequate to make reliable decisions.
3. Ensure consistent, accountable, and fair enforcement of all environmental regulations.
4. Insist on thorough and accurate assessment of current conditions and trends, as these reflect the
public interest in the region's future...more
"Face the realities, true costs of our dependence on oil," Guest Column in Atlanta Journal Constitution July 11, 2010 by David Kyler, Executive Director, Center for a Sustainable Coast ... more
In states where the energy market is not monopolized by a few major providers, solar energy is already proving to be more efficient than nuclear power. In Georgia, dominated by Georgia Power (Southern Company), consumers are being forced to pay - in advance - for the expensive expansion of nuclear energy at Plant Vogtle. That not only will cost consumers more for their electricity, but it will delay urgently needed conversion to renewable power sources - including solar, wind, tidal and geothermal.
We urge you to read the article, "Solar Power Now Cheaper Than Nuclear," recently published in Sustainable Business.
Clean American Power Now! Call your senators to promote shift away from oil and coal. Go to: youtube video
Offshore oil vs. offshore wind ... who wins? How many offshore wind turbines could have been bought for the cost of 1 Deepwater Horizon? The answer is enlightening... more
Offshore Oil: "Think, Baby, Think!"
The Center produced an iconic image and slogan as a compelling rebuttal to the hackneyed plea, "Drill, Baby, Drill."Even now, in the aftermath of the BP calamity in the Gulf of Mexico, that wrong-headed notion continues as a misleading mantra of the misinformed. See the Center's comments that accompany the notion of thinking rather than drilling. According to a Wall Street Journal online survey taken the week of April 26, more than 65% of the public now opposes offshore drilling. We urge you to circulate these materials and send us your comments about the issue of offshore oil development. (Send comments and other information on this issue to susdev@gate.net).... more
Gulf fishermen and volunteers protect marshes and way of life: go to video link.
Climate change and the world oceans: Ocean Tipping Point? ... more
PBS on Climate Change. Scientists now predict with a great degree of certainty that unless we switch to a clean energy economy, climate change will result in increased severity and intensity of storms, melting sea ice, rising sea level, changes in food production and drinking water availability and importantly, the acidification of our oceans and a mass extinction of corals.... more
"The Power Struggle" - PBS investigation of the green energy prospects in America... more
Center position, seismic surveying offshore... more
Energy Conservation in South Could Save Billions, Create Jobs... more
Center for a Sustainable Coast joins our colleagues at Dogwood Alliance and Energy Justice Network in opposing the burning of forests as an energy source. Go to www.dogwoodalliance.org and www.energyjustice.org for more details, and see the statement from Dogwood Alliance, which opposes Congressional subsidies for this misleading and wasteful source of energy, which is anything BUT green. Ending the Taxpayer Giveaway for False Climate Solutions.
