AltWeeklies Wire
Tackling Mercury Pollutionnew
Georgia's Environmental Protection Division just released one of the strongest air pollution rules in state history.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Wall |
03-09-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Greenest Capitalistnew
Carpet king Ray Anderson's 1994 epiphany began his quest to become a completely sustainable carpet manufacturer.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Wall |
03-09-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Gas Bill Aid Falls Shortnew
Once the natural gas market was deregulated, competition didn't bring down prices -- the market became more susceptible to gas price fluctuations.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
01-19-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Protesting Mounts Over I-3new
Along with his Senate chums Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson, Charles Norwood is championing an interstate that they've informally dubbed "I-3" -- an up to 1,000-foot-wide gash of concrete stretching 400 miles from Knoxville to Savannah.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
11-04-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Southern Co. Tackles Global Warming ...or Does It?new
Southern Co. is making progress when it comes to pollution reduction, spending $6 billion on controls for sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and mercury. But that money will do nothing to combat global warming.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Wall |
06-09-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Mountain Families Clash With Environmentalistsnew
It's a conflict where both sides are right, each in their own way, and no one is a villain -- except the federal government, but that goes without saying.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
06-02-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Tweaking and Twisting of an Atlanta Air Pollution Studynew
Carbon, which is emitted by automobiles, was the only pollutant mentioned in a recently revealed study of Atlanta's air. There was no mention of the link between lung ailments and sulfur pollutants, which are emitted by coal-burning power plants - such as those run by Georgia Power.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Wall |
02-03-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Cumberland Island Will Be Open to Autosnew
Until recently, the north end of Georgia's Cumberland Island was one of the more remote places in the Southeast. Most people could reach it only by foot. Now automobiles will be widely allowed on previously protected parts of the island, due to the work of U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Wall |
12-02-2004 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Other States Push for Clean Air, But Not Georgianew
Eight states and New York City have filed lawsuits that seek to force five electric utilities to drastically reduce their carbon dioxide emissions. Yet while Atlantans breathe some of the nation's most unhealthy air, Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker has taken no action to hold power companies responsible for their pollutants.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Wall |
11-24-2004 |
Environment
Tags: business
EPA Finds Fetuses at Cleanup Site; Origins a Mysterynew
After spending months trying to identify the contents of unmarked barrels -- some of which were leaking hazardous liquids -- an EPA agent found something unnerving in one five-gallon plastic bucket: two fetuses and a placenta, mainly intact and preserved in glass jars.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Wall |
10-28-2004 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Good News for Chattahoochee National Forest, For Nownew
A proposal seeks to modify what's called the "Roadless Rule." Under the change, protections from road-building would no longer be automatic. Instead, governors would have to request the stronger protection.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Wall |
09-23-2004 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Class-Action Lawsuits Likely in Wake of BioLab Firenew
Three months after a massive chlorine fire 25 miles east of Atlanta caused the evacuation of at least 11,000 Rockdale County residents, BioLab Inc. is just one step away from finishing its environmental cleanup. The 3,000 or so people hoping to sue the company are another matter.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Wall |
08-26-2004 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Owners of Abandoned Hazardous Waste Left Warning Signsnew
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency enforcer Bob Rosen was dumbfounded that a now-defunct company left 13,000 drums, most of them filled with hazardous waste, in an open-air shipping depot in southeast Atlanta. Then he spotted a stream of fluid spouting from a cracked barrel.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Wall |
07-15-2004 |
Environment
Tags: environment
A Company Goes Bust -- and Leaves the EPA with One Big Messnew
A potential toxic soup sits in a shipping depot in southeast Atlanta. A shuttered company that specialized in disposing hazardous waste has abandoned about 13,000 containers there. Fifty-five-gallon drums containing flammable oils and lubricants are stacked on and amid chemicals that, if mixed with the flammables, could ignite.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Wall |
07-01-2004 |
Environment
Tags: environment
