
A half century of tremendous population and economic growth in Georgia has resulted in new challenges regarding water quality and quantity, air quality and traffic-related emissions. Utilizing objective facts, a commonsense, market-oriented approach to land-use and environmental policy encourages local action and private initiative to improve environmental conditions and ensure our quality of life for future generations.


Going from Trees-R-Us to Trees-Or-Us

The Broken Record of ‘Record’ Highs

U.S. Energy Information Administration

Fighting Fire with Fire

Climate Change Agreements: Solutions in Search of a Problem

Hurricane Deals Georgia Agriculture an Unprecedented Blow

Georgia Benefits from Nuclear Plant Expansion

Puerto Rico’s Steady Decline to ‘Puerto Pobre’ Began Long Before Maria

Another Summer of Polar Bears and Thin Ice

Foundation Issues Statement on Supreme Court ‘Water Wars’ Ruling
News Release | For Immediate Release June 27, 2018 Contact: Benita Dodd benitadodd@georgiapolicy.org (404-256-4050)
Foundation ‘Disappointed’ in Supreme Court Ruling on Water Dispute
Atlanta – Kyle Wingfield, president of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, issued this statement in response to today’s ruling by the U.S.…

Growing Green Energy Puts Coal and Nuclear Plants in the Red

Take a Deep Breath before Blaming Ozone for Asthma

A Thanksgiving to be Grateful for Leaders with Integrity
By Benita M. Dodd
Tim Huelskamp, speaking at the 2017 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum, told attendees, “I spent six years in Washington and it’s still the same today: The real action, the real opportunities for growth and actually reinvigorating…

Despite the Hype, Changes in Sea Level Turn on a Dime

Feeding on Problems: From World Hunger to Abundance
By Harold Brown
Harold Brown, Senior Fellow, Georgia Public Policy Foundation
Remember when India was a poster-country for overpopulation and starvation? In just one sign, The New York Times carried more than 100 articles per year from 1965 to 1980…

Burying Power Lines: A Shocking Cost
The Marietta Daily Journal of September 27, 2017 published a letter to the editor in the midst of recovery from recent hurricanes that downed power lines and prompted calls for utilities to bury the lines. The letter writer raised some…

On Muni Broadband, Buyer Beware

An Unhealthy Obsession with Climate Change
By Harold Brown
Harold Brown, Senior Fellow, Georgia Public Policy Foundation
On June 1 came the encouraging news that President Trump has decided the United States will exit the U.N. Paris climate agreement. The agreement imposes huge burdens while producing…

Global Brightening and Hazy Predictions
Global warming, simplified: Burning fossil fuels generates carbon dioxide into the air, trapping energy radiated from the globe. The earth is made warmer because this energy is prevented from escaping into outer space.
But then there are air pollutants…