Drawdown Georgia has unveiled an online tool to track greenhouse gas emissions statewide and in each Georgia county. It is the initiative’s second major science-backed effort to help reduce GHG emissions.
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Time to invest in Georgia’s children through climate action
By Guest Columnist Dr. PREETI JAGGI, a pediatrician based in Atlanta
As a pediatrician, I’ve seen firsthand how the burden of pollution and climate change can disproportionately fall on our children.
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At COP26, talks abound of nuclear plants as big as Plant Vogtle
Discussion of nuclear power generated by facilities such as Plant Vogtle appears to be surging at COP26, the United Nations climate summit in Scotland.
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Climate migration: Planners say region may face higher taxes, crowding
Climate change likely will be more than an abstract concept in metro Atlanta. Higher taxes and an influx of residents are among possible consequences as people move to escape problems elsewhere, two planners contend.
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Help a symbol of hope: Plant a flower to feed a migrating monarch butterfly
The great migration of monarch butterflies is underway, and the peak season for these symbols of hope to pass through metro Atlanta begins in a few weeks.
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Vidalia onion harvest helped by dry weather as ATL starts summer with normal rainfall
Metro Atlanta enters summer with no areas of abnormal dryness, though portions of the coastal area are showing signs of being dry and the level of moisture in soil is falling across the state, according to an array of state and federal reports.
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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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Backyard birding: ZIP code tool lists birds endangered by global warming
A new search engine allows users to enter a ZIP code to get a list of the bird species that are threatened by climate change in that neighborhood. The National Audubon Society released the tool Thursday along with a new report: “Survival by Degrees: 389 Bird Species on the Brink.”
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Malnutrition, climate change now fellow travelers in scholars’ research
Malnutrition in all forms – including obesity – has emerged as a companion of global warming, as evidenced in reports associated with one approved last week by 195 governments that was related to the 2016 Paris Agreement on climate change.
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Climate experts say rescue food can reduce warming; it now feeds those in need
Climate-change scientists meeting in Geneva released a report Thursday that locks on to one of metro Atlanta’s popular social action programs as a way to stem global warming – rescuing food that’s destined for the landfill and getting it on someone’s table.
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Hurricane Florence highlights relief aid by Muslims, effect of climate change on storms
Hurricane Florence marked two notable milestones regarding hurricanes that hit the United States – Muslim organizations continue to provide significant relief aid, and climate change is now part of the conversation over the intensification of hurricanes.
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Most metro Atlantans think global warning is happening, manmade, Yale survey shows
A majority of metro Atlanta residents think global warning is happening, is caused by human activities and is affecting the weather. A majority thinks global warming will harm future generations, according to a new survey by an affiliate of Yale University.
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Climate change causes must be confronted in Georgia
By Guest Columnist DAVID KYLER, executive director of the Center for a Sustainable Coast, located on St. Simons
A crucial distinction in determining the best course of action on climate change is the difference between reacting to the impacts of our overheating climate versus reducing the causes of this increasingly destructive global disruption. Unfortunately, Georgia’s state officials have consistently limited their efforts to the former, while willfully suppressing consideration of the latter.
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Feds approve Georgia’s wildlife conservation plan, which lists threats from global warming
Georgia’s updated 10-year wildlife plan, which says global warming threatens plants and animals, has been approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
