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| Atlanta, GA--After over a year of work from a diverse group of stakeholders Atlanta seemed poised to adopt sustainable building standards that would make Atlanta part of a growing number of major cities that are aggressively pursuing the energy, water, and money savings that come with green building. Unfortunately, the standards, called the Atlanta Sustainable Building Ordinance, were derailed Tuesday in an Atlanta City Council Community Development/Human Resources (CDHR) Committee because of objections from the development and real estate community. | |
| Atlanta, GA- A new national report finds that Georgia households would save an average of $340 per year and 21,400 sustainable, jobs would be created in the state over the next ten years if Congress acts now to include strong energy efficiency improvements in energy and climate legislation. The report, entitled Energy Efficiency in the American Clean Energy Security Act of 2009: Impacts of Current Provisions and Opportunities to Enhance the Legislation, was released by Environment Georgia and the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. The efficiency provisions would prevent 20 million metric tons of global warming emissions; this is the equivalent of removing the pollution from 3.6 million cars from the road for a year. | |
| Today Georgia’s journey towards a Clean Energy Economy took a wrong turn. A notice from the Air Branch of the Environmental Protection Division (EPD) announced the issuance of draft pollution permits for Plant Washington, a coal fired power plant that has been proposed in Washington County. | |
| Today, Congress took an historic step toward a new clean energy economy and a healthy future by passing the American Clean Energy and Security Act. | |
| We applaud the four Electric Municipal Co-ops (Jackson Electric Membership Corp., Diverse Power Inc., Excelsior EMC and GreyStone Power Corp. ) that have all announced this week that they are scrapping plans to build a coal-fired power plant in Washington County. This is proof that smart business people have learned the truth: Sinking more money into outdated, dirty energy sources such as coal just doesn’t make economic sense today, especially when cleaner and cheaper alternatives are available. | |
| “Atlanta continues to struggle with unhealthy levels of smog pollution, generated in large part by the millions of cars and trucks that drive on city streets everyday. The President’s announcement is very good news for people looking forward to enjoying good weather outside in the future,” concluded Gayer. | |
| Energy Efficient Buildings Could Save More than $500 Billion by 2030 and Cut Global Warming Emissions by a Third by 2050 | |
| Athens, GA--Environment Georgia, Mayor Heidi Davison and green business leaders gathered at city hall today to release a new Environment Georgia report, Green and Shovel Ready. The report highlights the forward looking ‘green shovel ready’ proposals of three Georgia cities that will put people to work and build green infrastructure using funds from the recently passed American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. | |
| Obama Delivers on Promise to Make Clean Energy a Cornerstone of Recovery Plan | |
| Economic recovery bill invests $80 billion in clean energy and green transportation projects | |
