By this time next year, Atlanta should have a cogent plan to reduce consumption of water and energy at 181 city-owned buildings, including some at Atlanta’s airport.
Tag: Environment
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GSU researchers report discovery of a better test for prediabetes
Researchers at Georgia State University think they’ve found a better way to detect prediabetes, a condition that can be a precursor of diabetes – the seventh leading cause of death in the United States.
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GDOT to name team to rebuild Ga. 400/I-285; MARTA, GRTA plan to use new roadway
The Georgia Department of Transportation on Thursday is slated to announce the apparent winner of the competitive bid to build the most expensive highway project in state history – the $1.1 billion reconstruction of the interchange at Ga. 400 and I-285.
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MARTA’s planned CNG bus buy highlights fiscal health, efforts to boost air quality
In another indication of MARTA’s fiscal recovery and commitment to clean air, MARTA is in the process of purchasing up to 270 new 40-foot CNG buses.
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Atlanta’s sewer penalties show small room for error in managing sewer system
Atlanta is slated to pay a penalty of $46,500 for violating its duty to properly manage its sewer system; the violations illustrate the narrow margin of error in the management of the sewer system that’s stipulated in the federal consent decree.
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Proposed Hall County reservoir a waste of tax dollars to benefit developers, politically connected insiders
By Guest Columnist SALLY BETHEA, a former member of the Georgia Board of Natural Resources and the retired executive director of Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, an environmental advocacy organization
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Mayor Reed’s office releases update on his activities at Paris Climate Change Conference
On Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed’s second day in Paris to attend the 2015 Paris Climate Conference, his press office released a statement Friday outlining his schedule of events and to talk up sustainability efforts taken during his administration.
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San Diego, Atlanta: Two convention cities seek to grow their trade, attractions
SAN DIEGO – Atlanta and San Diego share more than Top 5 rankings in the competitive convention business. Both favor architecture designed by Atlanta architech John Portman’s company, and both have litigated over the use of the hotel/motel tax to fund public projects.
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Turner Field: Georgia State’s bid bolstered by 20-year effort to redevelop Downtown Atlanta
There’s one major reason Georgia State University is viewed as a front-runner in the effort to redevelop Turner Field – GSU has been implementing a vision to redevelop its neighborhood into a walkable community since the 1990s.
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Atlanta expands sustainability effort with plans for solar panels on public buildings
Atlanta became the first city in Georgia Monday to establish a solar plan to install solar panels on public buildings, a major move in the city’s efforts to become more sustainable.
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Atlanta, MARTA, GDOT turn their attention to southwest Atlanta’s redevelopment
The latest mark of what is proving to be significant government effort to bolster the redevelopment of southwest Atlanta is a proposal to use money from Atlanta’s Brownfield Revolving Loan Fund to remediate portions of the Atlanta BeltLine’s Westside Trail.
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Norfolk Southern continues roll-out of lower-emission locomotives
Norfolk Southern rolled out in Chicago last week more of the eco-friendly locomotives the company unveiled in Atlanta in September. The engines are designed to reduce particulate matter emissions by 76 percent, according to a Chicago official.
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Ga. Water Coalition’s annual “Dirty Dozen” commends state for opposition to Palmetto Pipeline
The Georgia Water Coalition used the release Wednesday of its annual “Dirty Dozen” list of threats to water quality to commend Georgia for denying a permit to facilitate construction of the Palmetto Pipeline.
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Atlanta BeltLine’s plans for Murphy Crossing aim to get something started ASAP
Instead of tearing down old structures along the Atlanta BeltLine and building an entirely new community at Murphy Crossing, BeltLine leaders seem to prefer to keep the old and add new units of affordable housing.
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Atlanta Climate Action Plan to set sustainability agenda for region’s urban core
Atlanta is poised to adopt a comprehensive plan intended to reduce the city’s greenhouse gas emissions and forestall climate change, much like sustainability initiatives at Emory University and Spelman College that have resulted in their ranking among the greenest campuses in the country.
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Georgia ranks No. 2 for growth in solar capacity since 2012, new report shows
A new report commissioned by Environment Georgia provides a status report on the nation’s solar power industry and shows Georgia ranks second in the country in terms of growth in solar capacity since 2012.
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A lesson for citizen advocates: How Environment Georgia won strong protection for Conasauga River
The value of patience and persistence is one lesson citizen advocates learned from the state’s decision to grant the headwaters of the Conasauga River, in north Georgia, the highest level of protection available under the federal Clean Water Act.
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Conasauga River headwaters to receive highest level of protection under Clean Water Act
Georgia has declared the headwaters of the Conasauga River, in north Georgia, as the state’s first “Outstanding National Resource Water.” The designation provides the highest level of protection available under the federal Clean Water Act.
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Atlanta has earned bragging rights for going ‘green’
Original Story on WABE by Maria Saporta When it comes to the environment, it’s not often for Atlanta to have bragging rights. But when it comes to the Better Buildings Challenge — a national program to promote energy efficiency — Atlanta ranks No. 1. Atlanta has outpaced all its other competitors when it comes to […]
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Georgia’s quail recovery program wins kudos, promotes important hunting industry
Georgia’s population of Northern Bobwhite Quail has declined by 90 percent since 1966, and the state has won national recognition for a program to promote the bird’s recovery – and to stabilize the $125 million quail-hunting industry clustered around Albany.
