Region
697 mentions for region: Georgia
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A poll from consumer advocacy group PowerLines found that 76% of Americans want stronger utility oversight, though only 29% trust their state governments to protect their interests against rising utility bills. The article cites SACE's earlier…
“Air pollution is a threat to the health and well-being of us all. This rule, when coupled with strong enforcement of the Clean Air Act, will help to reduce the pollutants that cause asthma attacks, heart and lung diseases, and acid rain and will benefit public health and the environment.”
“This is the best we could hope for in the current political environment. This is similar to the standards in President Bush's Clear Skies legislation, but in some ways it goes beyond those requirements, and it also doesn't weaken the current air pollution laws now on the books.”
“We feel very strongly that the current mercury rule is not protective enough for human health and the environment. It is also not protective enough for Smoky Mountains National Park.”
“The four Southeastern states Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida together rank 7th in the world for global warming pollution contributed.”
“We've got an excessive amount of cities and counties violating the eight-hour ozone standards. We very clearly have a problem in the Southeast.”
“The greenest electron is the one you never use”
A 10-year study by the Southern Appalachian Mountains Initiative concludes that local sources in the southern Appalachians cause most mountain haze, contrary to the long-held belief that pollution drifted from the industrial Midwest. The report recommends…
“an analysis by the federal Environmental Protection Agency of the toughest anti-pollution strategy considered by SAMI participants concluded that the annual increased energy cost would be about $12 for each household”
“an analysis by the federal Environmental Protection Agency of the toughest anti-pollution strategy considered by SAMI participants concluded that the annual energy cost would be about $12 per household”
Sara Barczak, Safe Energy Director for the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, calls for public opposition to a proposed MOX (mixed-oxide) fuel facility at the Savannah River Site near Aiken, South Carolina. The op-ed highlights environmental…
“an analysis by the federal Environmental Protection Agency of the toughest anti-pollution strategy considered by SAMI participants concluded that the annual increased energy cost would be about $12 per household”
“Communities are going to sit and hope the wind blows the other way if there's an accident”
Environmentalists criticized the Southern Appalachian Mountains Initiative's final report for lacking strong policy recommendations to address regional air pollution, despite scientific findings that power plants—particularly in the South—are major contributors to haze in the region's national…
“There's a lot of investment going into supply, but very little going into energy efficiency”
