Over the past 20 years, the Chatham Environmental Forum (CEF) has addressed complex issues, such as air quality in the Savannah area and its potential impact on community cancer rates, and the long term protection of the Floridan aquifer as the area’s primary drinking water source. For each issue undertaken by the CEF, the final analysis has been a consensus product based on the best available science with recommended solutions that all sectors within the community could support.
Resources
- Clean Energy Property Tax Credit – 35% of the investment in various renewable energy sources back to the consumer in the form of a tax credit.
- Climate Change
- Coastal Conservation Association
- Ducks Unlimited
- Earth Day
- Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate program- various rebates for different classes of energy efficient appliances; maximum incentive of $1,200.
- Energy Efficient Mortgages – Backed by federal agencies these loans allow for the purchase of energy efficiency improvements on existing homes or new purchase of energy efficient home.
- Energy Star
- Energy Tracking Software
- Federal Tax Credits, Incentives, Grants
- Georgia Clean Energy Tax Credits
- Georgia Power Solar Buyback program – Utility program that compensates power generated from solar installations feeding into the grid.
- Georgians for Smart Energy
- National Wild Turkey Federation
- Quail Unlimited
- Residential Energy Conservation Subsidy Exclusion – Should you receive a subsidy from a utility or an investment in solar based technology, the subsidy is not subject to federal taxes.
- Residential Energy Efficiency Tax Credit – Up to $500 in federal tax credits for energy efficiency investments
- Residential Renewable Energy Tax Credit – 30% of investment in tax credits with different caps dependent upon renewable technology
- Savannah Greensource
- Sierra Club
- Trout Unlimited
- Wilderness Society