Health and Environment in Georgia
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Georgia ranks 10th in the nation for the highest levels of CO2
pollution from power plants, with more than 81 million tons emitted
annually.
- Georgia Power's plants Bowen and Scherer rank 1st and 2nd in the
top 50 power plants in the country for most CO2 pollution respectively. - Georgia ranks high in the nation for health impacts CAUSED by
fine particle pollution from power plants: #11 for total deaths (946),
#11 for hospitalizations (837), #11 for heart attacks (1,352) Atlanta
ranks 7th in the nation for deaths, hospitalizations, and heart attacks
from fine particulates caused by power plants - According to the Energy Information Administration, in 2002 GA's electricity came from: 40 % coal, 36% other fossil fuels, 12% nuclear, 11% hydroelectric, and 1% other renewable ( click for source PDF)
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What are GA Schools Doing?
- Emory”LEED silver standard for buildings & first LEED Gold building at a University!
- UGA--biodiesel
- GA Tech -- 342 kW of Solar PV & solar Hot water installed in 1996 for the Olympics
- GA Southern --working Renewable Energy Student Fee, and Campus Recycling
- Georgia State-- Working on $15 Renewable Energy Student Fee and won recycling campaign!"
- Valdosta State University- Working on 9 dollar Student Renewable
Energy Fee, "Keep VSU Green" Recycling campaign, Presidents Climate
Commitment Campaign - Georgia Students for Sustainability
was formed after the First Annual GreenPeach Student Renewable Energy
Gathering in Athens, Ga held in the fall of 2006. The group was created
as a way for Georgia Student Environmental, Justice, and Clean Energy
Organizations both on and off the college and university campus setting
to network and work together in the opposition of dirty energy
development in the state, and in support of campus and community clean
energy/energy efficiency initiatives.- the state has instituted a "No-Tillage Assistance Program," which
leases no-till equipment to farmers who want to try this
carbon-friendly tillage practice but find the start-up costs difficult
to meet. - GA Incentives for Renewable Energy
- Georgians for Clean Energy
- GA Interfaith Power & Light
- GA Environmental Action Network
- Georgians Against Nuclear Energy
- GA State Energy Office
- Southface Institute (green building resource located in Atlanta)
- GA Climate Destabalization Fact Sheet (PDF/4.9 MB)
- GA green power purchasing options
- Environmental Justice Resource Center @ Clark Atlanta University
- Energy Impacts on GA’s water resources
- Renewable Energy Benefits to GA (Apollo Alliance)
- Code Red Alert : resources on nuclear power in GA
- A study on the Feasibility of Biodiesel Production in GA
- the state has instituted a "No-Tillage Assistance Program," which
Georgia Students For Sustainability
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