According to "Georgia Hill"the changes at Georgia DNR are all done now, and we have to wonder how we will benefit from the kinds of changes that were made.
Phillip Watt was elected as the new chairman. Watt Leebern of Troutman Sanders Strategies( their biggest client over the years Georgia Power) is taking Earl Barrs place, he was the 2011 chairman after Warren Budd was given notice he will not be reappointed
Budd, the only environmeatally sensitive conservationist, was kicked out after he spoke against two things:
- King Fisher Finishing getting a slap on the wrist with their $1 million dollar fine for causing the largest fish kill by dumping chemicals in the Ogeechee. For such a crime the the normal fines are as high as $90 million, and
- Govenor Deal wanting to build more reservoirs in northern Georgia.
A spokesperson for Deal issued this statement: “If anyone on any board considers himself indispensable, this is what educators call a ‘teachable moment.’ It takes an eyebrow-raising amount of self-regard for someone to suggest publicly that, out of 10 million Georgians, only he or she brings a diverse viewpoint to a board.”
The Govenor is looking for "yes" men only for his pro-development agenda.
Georgia Power has two coal-fired powered plants facilities in Georgia: Plant Scherer and Plant Bowen. Both facilities are listed on EPA's list as America's largest sources of greenhouse gases.
"It is outrageous to make a lobbyist for the biggest polluter in Georgia and the biggest user of water an officer of the DNR board,” said Mark Woodall Sierra Club Georgia. “I’ve been going to these meetings for 25 years and this is by far the worst board, in terms of balancing the public and private interests of the state of Georgia, that I’ve ever seen.”
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