Tag: Atlanta - Page 3
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Suburban Atlanta Man Dissolves Into Press Release
This updates Lloyd's "Wretched Excess" post: A Georgian Consumes A Niagara.
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Atlanta Collar Counties Getting Serious On Water Use
This took awhile; but, Atlanta's suburbs at last seem headed in the right direction, considering, for example, ordinances that favor more water efficient toilets.
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Chattanooga To Atlanta: "Come On In. The Water's Fine!"
This news item from USA Today clarifies what might happen to the people of Atlanta, Georgia, should a worst-case drought condition last another year. Sure, a few businesses might plan to relocate across the State line in the interim; but, once the
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Republican Legislator Mentions 'Taking Up Arms' In Regard To Threats To Tap The Great Lakes
A water shortage can bring out the 'Yosemite Sam' in the most genteel of persons, as well as join politicians in a common defense against water pilfering outlanders. On TreeHugger posts, and elsewhere, Great Lakes-area residents' comments on the
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Make Rain, Not War
Maybe praying for rain will unite Georgians around the idea that something needs to be done besides standing around watching Lake Lanier recede (as pictured), threatening to sue Federal agencies or neighboring states, or telling people to buy two weeks
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Red Cross To Georgia: 'Be Ready For Drought Emergency With 5 Cases Of Bottled Water Per Person'
Apparently the Red Cross thinks a 'worst case' drought emergency in Atlanta is likely to last no more than 2 weeks of sheltering in place with bottled water to meet basic needs. No advice was offered on best practices for treating non-potable water - in
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University Of Georgia Homecoming Game Uses Toilet Flushing Attendants To Save Water
Flushing attendants at a university football game. There's a green pragmatism and community focus about this idea that we like. Multiple uses per flush would save plenty of water.
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Developers Are A Sensitive Species Too
A developer-sensitive plan requires the drawing of a target around the spent arrow, so to speak. In the USA, this has become a high art form. In the last 30 years, Atlanta has hit the bullseye several times (see story excerpts below). It'll be
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Southeast & Mid-Atlantic US Drought Update
With TeeVee news cameras focused exclusively on the California and Mexico wildfires, the thirsty and parched on the other coast are not going to be forgotten by us. The East Coast and Southeast US drought problems and their potential solutions are
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Atlanta: Watching the Trailer For The Bigger Movie
In our interview with Ted Nordhaus, he suggested that it is hard getting through to people who "aren't particularly interested in sacrificing their lifestyles and aspirations in
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"Radical" Water Saving Measures May Become The Norm In Atlanta
TreeHugger has been on the Southeastern US drought story for months. See the most recent post here. While the Governor of Georgia seems content with blaming Federal regulations and threatening the US Army Corps of Engineers over a looming water
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Now Would Be A Good Time To Get A National Exemption From The Endangered Species Act: And Avoid Water Conservation
So goes the State Legislature's thinking for the majority of both political parties in the drought-plagued US State of Georgia. When we previously thought up Water Crisis Scenarios For The US Southeast, which got at how continuing, severe drought
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Water Crisis Scenarios For The US Southeast
The water shortages in the US Southeast are serious now, as Lloyd's post of this morning well points out. Before you go read Lloyd and the New York Times, we suggest you do a little scenario thinking with us.
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Water Running Out in Atlanta
It has been called "the Rodney Dangerfield of natural disasters," because it gets no respect, compared to floods or hurricanes, but every record in Georgia's history has been broken buy the current one. "People pay attention to hurricanes,"
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The TH Interview: Wendy Reed, Energy Star's Change a Light, Change the World Campaign Manager
Starting today, Energy Star's Change a Light, Change the World campaign is hitting the road, touring the country (see the full schedule here) by bus to spread the good word about the difference we all can make in the fight against global warming by
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Energy Star's Change a Light, Change the World Campaign Hits the Road This Week
TreeHugger has known for a while now how much difference changing your incandescent light bulbs in favor of CFLs can make (answer: a lot!). To help spread this message beyond those who read TreeHugger, the folks at Energy Star are reaching out to a
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A Weekend of Local Dining Events in Atlanta, Georgia
If you're in the Atlanta area this weekend and love food (and who doesn't?) you should check out Food & Wine Magazine's culinary events happening throughout the city. The magazine has teamed with restaurateurs in Atlanta, Athens & Palmetto to raise
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How Public Transportation Might Just Save Your Life
According to a recent report in Forbes, the amount of driving we do back and forth is killing us...literally. From breathing air polluted with diesel particulates and other nasty pollutants to fatalities occurred in private automobiles, Forbes
