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Frances Sawyer Is Helping Rural Electric Co-Ops Lead on Clean Energy

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This is the true story of the Central Georgia Electric Membership Corporation and echoes that of many other electric cooperatives formed by rural communities to build out their own energy infrastructure when investor-owned utilities left them behind. And what do we need to do to make sure those investments get to the right places?

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Black History Month: Justin Onwenu On Organizing For Change, Environmental Justice, and the Road Ahead

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There were students on campus concerned about what was going to happen due to the flooding – you know, what would happen to those who had cars or, their belongs, in general. What we ended up doing was establishing the Rice Harvey Action Team, which matched students, faculty and staff to churches, community centers and shelters in need.

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