![]() ![]() Peter Biello: But overall, Brown says the report helps Georgians understand how climate solutions can work with a growing economy. We grow and grew our economy in Georgia 10% over that same five-year period while reducing our emissions by 5%. 20 years ago, I was always criticized, saying, "oh, you want to have a clean a cleaner economy? Well then we can't grow," you know, "we can't grow our economy and also clean it up." Now, we've shown we can. That was fueled in part by trucks carrying home deliveries during the pandemic. One sector of Georgia's economy that increased its emissions was transportation. Peter Biello: The report by a multi-university collaboration attributes the decline largely to utilities switching from coal to cleaner power sources such as natural gas and solar. ![]() And in fact, I think that the state is going to surpass that goal. That's going to be an easy goal for us to meet. Marilyn Brown: It turns out that in 2005 we were creating a lot of carbon in the state of Georgia. Georgia Tech's School of Public Policy professor Marilyn Brown says the state is on target to meet goals set out in the Paris Climate Accord, which were based on emissions from 2000. The study, released this week shows carbon emissions here dropped 5% over four years, ending in 2021. Peter Biello: Georgia's carbon emissions are declining quickly, even as the state's economy and population grow. And what does the national debt ceiling crisis mean for us here in Georgia? These stories and more are coming up on this edition of Georgia Today. A journalist arrested for filming near the site of a planned police training center in Atlanta is suing the city. On today's episode, a new study has good news about Georgia's air quality. Peter Biello: Welcome to the Georgia Today podcast from GPB News. ![]()
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