By David Pendered Jan 20 – The Biden administration’s plan to preserve North American right whales was withdrawn because officials couldn’t made a decision during the past two-plus years, federal records show. The proposal was to expand the scope of speed limits in areas traversed by right whales. The plan drew fire from stakeholders including […]
Affordable Housing
New fed program no remedy for affordabilityBy David Pendered Oct. 22 – More dwellings may be built with funding enabled by a new federal regulation, but there’s no reason to expect any such units built in metro Atlanta to be affordable. The Biden administration has announced a new program that aims to induce construction accessory dwelling units as part of its […]
Environment
Grain of salt for Biden’s climate resiliency planBy David Pendered Oct. 16 – David Kyler suggests a grain of salt to go with the Biden administration’s new strategic plan to adapt to climate change. “We cannot allow adaptation to give the false promise that adaptation will save us,” said Kyler, the cofounder and director of the Center for a Sustainable Coast, on […]
