JOURNALISM

  • EPA's authority in climate change may be decided Monday by Supreme Court // Georgia urges reducing EPA's sway over states // Similarities to recent abortion case

    June 26, 2022
    • By David Pendered Note to readers: This is the fifth in an emerging series of stories on our Common Future. Click on the Journalism tab, at the right, to read previous stories: Paddle Georgia ’22; Former Savannahian helped curb plastics in national parks; Mike Dobbins on creative housing funding; Okefenokee and the Senate. The new site is almost complete. June 26 – The Supreme Court may rule Monday on the EPA’s ability to address climate change. Lung care and environmental advocates urge ...more

  • Photo gallery: Georgia River Network's Paddle Georgia '22 along Chattahoochee River, with views of proposed Chattahoochee Riverlands

    June 25, 2022
    • Note to readers: This weeklong gallery is the result of Georgia River Network's Sarah Taylor's diligence in filing photos of the day's adventures. The photos are in chronological order, other than the lead image that shows activity on the most recent travel day. This site is being renovated. By David Pendered A trip over falls on Friday helped mark the conclusion of Paddle Georgia '22, along the Chattahoochee River. Day 6. (Photo courtesy Georgia River Network) June 25 – All good things must come to an ...more

  • Former Savannah ocean conservation leader aided in national parks phase-out of single-use plastics

    June 18, 2022
    • By David Pendered The U.S. Department of Interior has ordered a phased ban of single-use plastics in national parks and on federal lands, effective end of 2032. (Photo via Oceana, Credit: Nova Southeastern University, Broward County Sea Conservation Program) June 18 – A conservation leader formerly based in Savannah performed a significant role in establishing the new federal rule that’s to reduce plastic wastes in national parks and on all federal lands and waters. Paulita Bennett-Martin helped lobby for the planned reduction in ...more

  • How to provide affordable homes in metro Atlanta through creative use of $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill – a working paper as ARC convenes Friday

    June 9, 2022
    • By Mike Dobbins Notes to readers: Mike Dobbins, a Georgia Tech professor of practice and former Atlanta planning commissioner, produced this working paper to evaluate how the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill could help address the crisis in affordable housing in metro Atlanta. This is the second in a periodic series of stories on affairs related to our shared future. The first story is available here: "Okefenonee ruling issued by Biden official who was confirmed 92-5 by Dem, GOP senators." This site is being renovated. June ...more

  • Okefenokee ruling issued by Biden official who was confirmed 92-5 by Dem, GOP senators

    June 4, 2022
    • By David Pendered Note to readers: This is the first in a periodic series of stories on affairs related to our shared future. The site is in the process of renovation. June 4 – The proposed mine near the Okefenokee Swamp was delayed Friday by a Biden administrator who took office with support from interests as diverse as the National Audubon Society and a Republican senator who backs the Dakota Access Pipelines. A ruling from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued Friday ...more

  • Brit may be only sailor happy at flat seas, wind

    November 23, 2020
    • Alex Thomson may the only skipper happy for the calm conditions afforded by the St. Helene High, in the South Atlantic. more

  • TODAY'S REPORT

    November 8, 2020
    • ‘More men have walked on the moon than women have completed’ this boat race By David Pendered The strength of human spirit will be on display starting Sunday, when six women and 27 men begin a round-the-world sailboat race. Each skipper will be alone in a 60-foot sailboat capable of speeds to 45 mph and, in the Southern Ocean, summiting waves 60 feet high. Just 30 years old, French sailor Clarisse Cremer is a phenom who shifted to the 60-foot IMOCA boats ...more

  • Vendee Globe: Stories of six female sailors

    November 2, 2020
    • SIX WOMEN SAILORS are to start the solo, around-the-world Vendee Globe 2020-21 on Sunday.As Pip Hare notes: "More men have walked on the moon than women have completed the Vendee Globe." These six skippers are the focus of our coverage – the stories of courage and daring they bring to a competition with each other and 27 male sailors. more

  • Miranda Merron

    October 16, 2020
    • Miranda Merron, 51, British,shifted22 years ago from a career in advertising to become a professional sailor. She navigated an all-female team to a new world record in the 2009 Round Britain and Ireland race. Her boat was built in 2006. more

  • Isabelle Joschke

    October 13, 2020
    • Isabelle Joschke, 43, French-German,a professional skipper and sailing instructor. She self-financed her first Mini Transat race, and help from money her mother had borrowed. Her boat was a prototype in 2007. more