Environment

Environment January 29, 2022

EPA Rejects Texas’ More Lenient Standard for Highly Toxic Air Pollutant

by Kiah Collier, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, and Maya Miller, ProPublica [This article first appeared in ProPublica] ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big…

Nickajack Creek in video update water reclamation facility(photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

Environment January 21, 2022

Groundwater — not ice sheets — is the largest source of water on land and most of it is ancient

By Grant Ferguson, University of Saskatchewan and Jennifer C. McIntosh, University of Arizona [this article first appeared in The Conversation; republished with permission] Outside of the world’s oceans, groundwater is…

Georgia Power sign at Plant McDonough-Atkinson in Cobb County accompanying article about restory power

Environment January 18, 2022

How a Powerful Company Convinced Georgia to Let It Bury Toxic Waste in Groundwater

by Max Blau [The article first appeared in ProPublica. Used with permission] ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like…

a photovoltaic array in front of mountains

Environment January 16, 2022

A 21st-century reinvention of the electric grid is crucial for solving the climate change crisis

By Charles F. Kutscher, University of Colorado Boulder and Jeffrey Logan, University of Colorado Boulder [This article first appeared in The Conversation — used with permission] In the summer of…

Welcome to Cobb County brick sign at Henderson Road on Veterans Memorial

Environment January 1, 2022

Drop your Christmas Tree off for recycling in Cobb County until January 8

This is just a reminder that there is a one-week window left for doing the environmentally correct thing. Bring your used Christmas tree to one of the locations listed below….

Chattahoochee River at the mouth of Nickajack Creek

Environment December 27, 2021

4 New Year’s resolutions for a healthier environment in 2022

By Viniece Jennings, of Agnes Scott College [This article first appeared in The Conversation, used with permission] When many people think of New Year’s resolutions, they brainstorm ways to improve…

Environment December 25, 2021

Cobb County locations for recycling Christmas trees

Christmas trees and decorations that stay up until July 4th are a much joked-about thing, but if you want to make certain your tree gives back to the Earth through…

Environment December 7, 2021

Marietta Tree Keepers seek volunteers to train in caring for trees

According to an announcement on the City of Marietta website, the Marietta Tree Keepers are seeking volunteers over the age of 18 to train in caring for adolescent trees. The…

Environment November 25, 2021

Cobb water urges residents to dispose of Thanksgiving grease responsibly

The Cobb Water system has information on its website on how to dispose of what they call FOG (fats, oils, and grease) in an environmentally responsible manner, and at this…

Environment November 8, 2021

Powder Springs maintains its Class 6 rating in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Community Rating System (CRS)

The City of Powder Springs announced that it has maintained its Class 6 rating in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Community Rating System (CRS), a program set up by…

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