The City of Atlanta selected 10,000 households for the incentive based pilot recycling program
ATLANTA--The City of Atlanta announced that a select group of Atlanta residents will soon be rewarded for their curbside recycling efforts.
In an effort to encourage proper recycling habits, boost recycling participation, reduce the amount of recyclables being sent to area landfills and save taxpayer money, City officials introduced the pilot rewards program as an opportune way to move towards a greener, cleaner Atlanta.
In order to complement Atlanta's existing sustainability initiatives, the City of Atlanta has partnered with Rehrig Pacific, a container company and service provider, to bring a unique incentive based pilot recycling program to its residents. As part of this pilot program, Rehrig Pacific has collaborated with key sponsor Coca-Cola Recycling, LLC and rewards partner RecycleBank® to offer Atlanta residents a premiere rewards and loyalty program that incentivizes household recycling. City officials are confident they will see a rise in recycling...
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Strategically designed to integrate with the natural surroundings
Architectural firm
Jova/Daniels/Busby has completed work on the $55 million green expansion of the
Atlanta Botanical Garden. The project's masterplan called for complete reorientation of the garden, including the addition of a sustainable parking deck and new visitor center as a launch pad for a number of new amenities within the garden.
J.W. Robinson & Associates served as associate architect, while
EDAW/AECOM offered landscape architecture services...
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...from Landfill
Mon Sep 14, 2009 8:01am EDT
ATLANTA, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Georgia Natural Gas (GNG), the state's
leading natural gas provider, is the first and only natural gas marketer in
Georgia to obtain recycled natural gas from a landfill, helping to conserve
Georgia's precious natural resources. Specially designed equipment at the
landfill collects the methane gas and makes it ready for consumer use.
GNG began purchasing the recycled gas from Georecover-Live Oak LLC, a Jacoby
Development company, in early 2009. Georecover oversees processing of the gas
at the Live Oak Landfill in DeKalb County, Georgia. The landfill is capable
of producing enough natural gas to fuel approximately 15,000 Georgia homes and
has a potential life cycle of about 20 years. GNG has exclusive rights to
purchase all of the recycled gas produced at the landfill through 2011...
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS98626+14-Sep-2009+PRN20090914
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By Nancy Trejos | Washington Post Staff Writer | Sunday, October 4, 2009
Going green has become national priority, but for many Americans, especially those who have lost jobs or have credit card debt, cost can be a major deterrent.
In fact, 69 percent of consumers who had not gone green thought green products were too expensive, according to a survey by Grail Research.
Environmental experts acknowledge that some green products can be costly. Depending on the size of your house, installing a solar heating system can cost up to $100,000. A hybrid car can cost more than $20,000, and it can take a while to make up the savings from buying a cheaper, less-fuel-efficient vehicle. Sure, there are tax advantages -- most energy-efficient improvements to already-built homes qualify for a tax credit of 30 percent of the project cost, for instance ...
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Session 6 | October 31 9-12
The aim of this course is to provide cutting-edge training for entrepreneurs to develop innovative and environmentally friendly businesses, and to find common ground between environmental protection and economic development through the introduction of business opportunities in the environmental field.
The goal of the initiative is to help entrepreneurs create businesses that are both economically and environmentally sustainable.
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update from Sept 15th meeting
http://sustainableatlanta.org/Default.aspx?pageid=155
At the Community Development and Human Resources (CDHR) Committee meeting the Committee reviewed the revised Atlanta Sustainable Building Ordinance. Recognizing the necessity for the Committee to spend adequate time reviewing the recommended changes, we requested that the Committee commit to a vote on the ordinance at it September 29th meeting. The Committee agreed and requested the following process to ensure that any final technical concerns with the ordinance are addressed:
September 22nd, 5:00PM: Technical Comment Deadline
Comments received by Commissioner Shelby (jshelby@atlantaga.gov) by this time will be reviewed for the next version of the Atlanta Sustainable Building Ordinance. All comments should reference specific sections of the ordinance and provide suggested alternative language where appropriate...
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By: Lisa Lerer | September 16, 2009 05:02 AM EST
The major obstacle to a new, low-carbon economy isn't money, investors or technology, says Kevin Parker, a top executive at German investment firm Deutsche Bank.
It's Congress.
As global head of Deutsche Asset Management, Parker oversees roughly $700 billion in assets. In 2005, he began pushing the bank to start investing in products centered on businesses working to combat the impacts of global warming. Today, his climate funds make up 1 percent of the bank's total assets and investments in a wide range of clean-energy technologies and efficiency, water and conservation companies.
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Associated Press - September 15, 2009 4:04 AM ET
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia will receive more than $21 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support energy efficiency and conservation activities.
http://www.wrcbtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11131157
Under the U.S. Department of Energy's Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program, the state will use the federal money to implement programs that lower energy use, reduce carbon pollution, and create green jobs locally.
The department announced more than $354 million in funding Monday for 22 states, including Alabama.
Georgia will use funds to work with utilities in assisting homeowners to make their homes more energy efficient. Department officials say the projects will lead to substantial energy and cost savings, and create or retain hundreds of jobs statewide.
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ATL Green Building Ordinance
Posted by ecocustomhomes on September 14, 2009
For those who have been following this ordinance, we are at the point of passing this ordinance or seeing it die. Tomorrow, Tuesday 15, at 12:30pm, there is a Community Development Committee hearing at City Hall. If you support this Ordinance, please take time at show your support, by attending this meeting. Atlanta's future depends on it. FOR MORE INFO CLICK HERE.
Our friends at SE Green have started an E Petition. If you are unable to attend the meeting on Tuesday, please take time and FILL OUT THE PETITION.
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By Bill Torpy | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The bulldozers have gone silent and Atlanta's historic structures are - for the most part - getting a breather.
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Statewide campaign to promote recycling
So what's with this Ronald T.W. King guy?
He turned his recycling bin into a coffee table and doesn't recycle because his contribution would "just be a drop in the ocean."
Dude doesn't get it. But the Georgia Department of Community Affairs' Office of Environmental Management hopes others will.
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Just released May 27, 2009
Georgia EPD is proud to release the Georgia's Water Conservation Implementation Plan (WCIP). This document is a resource to guide Georgia's seven major water use sectors in an effort to help sustain the state's water resources and provide for a secure water supply in the future.
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Senator Robert Brown today prepared legislation that would repeal SB 31
April 22, 2009 - Senator Robert Brown today prepared legislation that would repeal SB 31 - known as the Georgia Power Tax - that was signed by the governor earlier in the week. If not repealed, Georgians will face steep increases in their power bills to pre-fund two new nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle. A similar effort is now underway in Florida to reverse a similar scheme enacted in that state.
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Additional incentives for energy efficiency and renewable energy
Gov. Sonny Perdue marked Earth Day by signing legislation Wednesday creating a grant program in Georgia that will use federal economic stimulus funds to help businesses pay for clean energy projects.
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Grants for solar, wind power: Overlooked bill uses stimulus funds to pay for up to 35 percent of project’s cost.
By Margaret Newkirk
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Thursday, April 16, 2009
In a legislative session dominated by fights over big-ticket items such as nuclear funding, lawmakers' efforts for other kinds of power didn't get much attention.
But lawmakers in fact gave a big boost to solar and wind energy projects before heading back to their districts.
They put a big pile of money on the table for both kinds of power, and made that money relatively easy to get.
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