One expansion down, and a much bigger one to go. Qcells, the South Korean-owned firm that has become the Western Hemisphere’s largest solar panel producer, announced Wednesday that it completed […]
Category: Environment
Posted inNorway
Norway’s Freyr to Build $2.6B Battery Plant in Newnan
Freyr, a publicly traded company with Norwegian roots, is set to build a nearly $2.6 billion battery plant in Newnan to meet an anticipated spike in demand for energy-storage systems […]
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Horticultural Products Exporter to Set Up Georgia Wood Fiber Plant
An exporter of products for horticulture, erosion control and turf management is set to put a 110,000-square-foot plant in Monticello, Ga., hiring 80 people and investing $35 million over three […]
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Finnish Firm Partners With Georgia’s Danimer for Biodegradable Coatings for Packaging
Pretty soon, your disposable coffee cup could get a whole lot cleaner, thanks to a Georgia-based company’s partnership with Finnish chemical company Kemira. Danimer Scientific, based in Bainbridge, is an early […]
Posted inEducation
Barbados PM Who Made Waves With Pointed COP26 Speech Will Speak to Atlanta Students
The prime minister of Barbados, who famously took the world’s industrialized nations to task at COP26 for sowing the seeds of a climate crisis that nations like hers are having […]
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Commentary: How the Environmental Justice Movement Could Affect Foreign Investments in Georgia
Editor’s note: Brooke F. Dickerson, an attorney at Atlanta-based law firm Arnall Golden Gregory (AGG) specializing in environmental and construction law, authored this article. The article appears as part of AGG’s […]
Posted inBusiness, Conservation, Environment, Nonprofits
India Looks to Private Sector, Innovation to Address Environmental Crises
India has captured the world’s sympathy as it faces a devastating COVID-19 surge, but beneath that acute crisis lies another slow-burning threat that could be more destructive in the long […]