The Satilla River has been endowed by the city of Waycross with the state's first Bandalong Litter Trap in an effort to cease the flow of human generated trash into the invaluable blackwater river system.
Published Date: September 7, 2010
Social Circle is now home to the largest LEED Gold industrial building in the United States.
Published Date: September 7, 2010
A new municipal action guide is available as a resource for cities to help develop and strengthen their sustainability initiatives.
Published Date: July 19, 2010
The Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE), in cooperation with the Water Environment Federation (WEF), recently released "Energy Efficiency RFP Guidance for Water and Wastewater Treatment Facilities."
Published Date: June 17, 2010
Suwanee’s new city hall, which opened last year, has received official LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
Published Date: June 4, 2010
Sixty-four communities in Georgia have earned grant funds for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects through the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program.
Published Date: March 26, 2010
When visitors arrive in the city of Savannah in the near future, the fruits of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will be on view full. As part of the ARRA, the city recently received a $1.3 million Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant from the Department of Energy.
Published Date: January 6, 2010
When the new Obama administration and Congress announced in February 2009 that the federal government would provide billions of dollars through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) in support of energy solutions, ICLEI was ready.
Published Date: January 6, 2010
Kateri Callahan, president of the Washington, D.C.–based Alliance to Save Energy, called on metro Atlanta’s elected, business and civic leaders to lead the state towards becoming more energy efficient.
Published Date: December 7, 2009
Four cities and two counties in the Atlanta region are the latest jurisdictions to earn Green Communities Certification for leadership in reducing their environmental impact.
Published Date: December 3, 2009
In the wake of an extended global economic slump, local communities are pushing ahead and expanding their green building programs.
Published Date: November 20, 2009
Beginning January 1, 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will, for the first time, require large emitters of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to begin collecting data under a new reporting system.
Published Date: October 5, 2009
Published Date: September 3, 2009
The cities of Alpharetta and Decatur, along with Cobb County, were the first three communities to qualify for Green Communities Certification from the Atlanta Regional Commission.
Published Date: July 23, 2009
Attorney General Thurbert Baker issued an Official Opinion at the request of DOT which states that state facilities are not subject to local government ordinances regulating post-development stormwater run-off.
Published Date: July 13, 2009