Thankfully, more and more people are growing up to understand the importance and value of nature. The lessons of environmental appreciation are starting at a young age. A group of students at a Georgia elementary school, for example, have taken pride in beginning...
Environmental Cleanup
Ash spill cleaners sue over unsafe exposure to toxic environment
Almost five years ago, a devastating environmental event took place in Tennessee. There was a collapse at a large fossil plant that resulted in ash spill covering a significant portion of land in the community. As is normal in situations like this, an effort to clean...
Atlanta schools join effort to keep air clean
Environmental activists have renewed their efforts to make Atlanta's schools a cleaner place to learn with the Clean Air Schools campaign. The organization heading the effort, Clean Air Campaign, is encouraging schools to take simple steps like encouraging carpooling,...
Autism risk: Just another reason to combat pollution
When a family is expecting a child, they like to believe that they are in control of the situation and that the baby will be healthy. For the most part, kids are born healthy, but not all are born without health complications. A recent environmental study gives...
Georgia workers working for clean air — from home
In what work situation would you be most effective? Do you work best while in the office and surrounded by colleagues? Would you be able to be effective if your office was in your home and you had less of a commute? Companies across the nation, including many within...
Oil from spill might be ‘out of sight’ but not necessarily gone
In a world that runs on oil and a country that still largely depends on it, more oil spills will happen within the U.S. The recent Deepwater Horizon spill is an extreme example of the damage that the oil industry can cause the environment. Not just the water and...
Georgia Power shares the spirit of Earth Day
This week, various communities around the United States are celebrating Earth Day. April 22 marked the 43rd anniversary of the celebration. With this news, Georgia Power announced that it has reached a deal to import wind energy from Oklahoma to the state by 2016....
Cobb plaintiffs lost quality of lake, win stormwater runoff suit
For many, it's a dream to live on the water. Residents of the Stillwaters subdivision in west Cobb, Georgia, have the luxury of living on Stillwaters Lake. Sadly, the quality of that lake and the joy that the residents used to get from it has been tainted by negligent...