The Chattahoochee Nature Center is conducting a capital campaign that is to be one of many gauges of the region’s philanthropic capacity as the economy responds to the pandemic of the coronavirus.
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Okefenokee mining applicant laid off entire staff of 40 at sand mine it’s closing in Fl
The entire staff of 40 workers is being laid off in North Florida by a mining company seeking permission to open a mine and excavate sand near the Okefenokee Swamp. Few details are available about the job cuts in Florida or the mine being closed in the rural town of Starke, Fl.
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Forest provides ‘reservoir of beauty, peace, freedom’ in time of health crisis
By Guest Columnist DEBRA PEARSON, retired educator with Atlanta Public Schools Never in my lifetime have I witnessed such a strong societal response to a health crisis. I am a member of the age demographic that is most at risk for coronavirus infection. I have thus been sequestered in my home for several days. Yet, I […]
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Chimney Swifts to have new home in Freedom Park
Another home for chimney swifts is to be built in Atlanta by Atlanta Audubon, this one in Freedom Park, where it’s to shelter the birds in the wildlife sanctuary established at the Freedom Park Bird and Wildflower Garden.
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Carol Tomé’s rise at UPS comes as companies pay greater heed to social values
Carol Tomé’s appointment as CEO of Atlanta-based UPS adds to the growing, global movement around leadership metrics involving environment, social and governance issues. UPS has joined BlackRock and Goldman Sachs, two other companies that have taken advanced ESG positions this year.
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Coronavirus pauses Ga. Legislature, debate on taxes, criminal justice and the environment
Coronavirus emptied the Georgia Legislature — but not before lawmakers shoved just about 100 bills through a bottleneck Thursday.
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Okefenokee Swamp: Valuable sands prompt new attempt to mine along Trail Ridge
A test case for mining a valuable sand from the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp is the centerpiece of the new proposal for digging up an 898-acre stretch along the famed Trail Ridge, on a site located in Georgia about 40 miles northwest of Jacksonville.
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Why save it? Just pave it – Conservation becoming tool of choice in Morgan County
By Guest Columnist CHRISTINE MCCAULEY WATTS, executive director of Madison-Morgan Conservancy
Would you like fries with that? Or fruit salad? We don’t always choose the healthier option, do we? It is our right. But at least the option exists these days: a sign that healthy choices are trending. Could it be that protecting a sense of place is beginning to trend, too?
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Peachtree Complete Street in Buckhead entering third, final phase
With the deadline Monday for bids to complete a road project on Peachtree Road in Buckhead, the stage is set for the fulfillment of more than a decade of expectations when construction is to be complete, in mid 2021.
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Coal ash: Ga. Power’s new disposal fee should be reviewed, Sierra Club says in court filing
The Sierra Club on Thursday asked a Fulton County Superior Court judge to order the state’s utility regulator to review its decision to allow Georgia Power to raise rates to pay for the disposition of coal ash – in part because terms of disposal are still pending approval from the state.
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Coal ash settlement in N.C. a guideline for Georgia – bury in lined basin or recycle
A legal settlement over coal ash in North Carolina has resulted in the type of outcome Georgia environmentalists would like to reach here – excavation of coal ash from all of a power company’s unlined basins, and placement in an onsite lined landfill or recycled for industrial use.
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Sandy Springs takes first step toward its planned 31.4-mile network of trails
Sandy Springs’ planned Marsh Creek Greenway is to be the first of the city’s planned 31.4-mile network of trails that is to link the city’s parks, Perimeter Center and the city’s central park. The PATH Foundation was chosen to oversee the project.
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Addressing Atlanta’s health disparities through community service approaches
By Guest Columnist JENNIFER S. SINGH, associate professor of sociology at Georgia Tech
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in Georgia, and in Atlanta it disproportionately affects black and low-income communities. To address heart health disparities, Georgia Tech college students are getting involved through a community service-learning program at Georgia Tech in collaboration with American Heart Association and Grove Park Foundation.
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Five outdoors projects in metro Atlanta tentatively win $9.5 million in state funding
Five projects to improve access to the great outdoors in metro Atlanta are to share in up to $20 million in funding the state has tentatively awarded to conservation and outdoor recreation projects.
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Climate change: Congress weighs proposal to gauge fisheries that provide food, jobs
Congress has advanced a proposal regarding fisheries and climate change, one that aims to help the nation respond to behavioral changes by fish as they seek to avoid warmer ocean waters and their higher levels of acids and lower levels of oxygen.
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Millennial civil rights group establishes voice at state Capitol on environmental issue
In a subtle gesture, Atlanta Democratic Sen. Donzella James has helped establish the voice of the Millennial Civil Rights Campaign at the Georgia Capitol. James gave the organization a seat at the table to discuss her proposed statewide ban on plastic grocery store bags.
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Greenspace purchases with impact fees show big differences: Atlanta, Sandy Springs
In the race to acquire land for greenspace before the land is otherwise developed, Atlanta and Sandy Springs are pursuing projects with plans to pay for them with impact fees that are more than 10 times higher in Sandy Springs than in Atlanta.
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RCE Greater Atlanta brings home two international awards in sustainability
A regional sustainability network led by Emory University, Georgia Tech and Spelman College has brought home two awards in an international competition that recognizes innovative programs in education on sustainable development.
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Sea level rise could erase gains Florida seeks in water war: New federal research
Sea level rise that a federal program predicts will inundate land far inland of Apalachicola Bay by 2060 could wipe away gains Florida hopes to gain in its water war with Georgia.
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Peachtree Creek: ‘A gift waiting to be rediscovered again’
A new bridge across Peachtree Creek in Buckhead is the latest fruit of relations being woven by the South Fork Conservancy as it establishes an urban nature trail and park system that spans 25 acres.
