Environment
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Solarize Athens Works to Provide Affordable Energy
ATHENS, Ga. – Solarize Athens officially welcomed its first home with solar panels installed by its program on Monday, February 1, 2016. The Solarize campaign works hand in hand with a federal solar tax credit that can give Athens residents, businesses, government entities, and non-profits the opportunity to use solar…
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Grady Newsource Explains: Adopt-A-Stream Water Testing
By Rayleigh Rozier Georgia Adopt-A-Stream is a program housed by the state’s Environmental Protection Division that monitors the quality of streams and their surrounding habitats. Local groups like the Oconee County Watershed Network register with Adopt-A-Stream and monitor their own bodies of water using the EPD’s resources. There are a number of ways local…
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America Recycles Day Events to Be Held in Athens
America Recycles Day is a day to educate and motivate people to recycle. This year the event will be celebrated around the country on Sunday Nov. 15. There are a number of events in Athens this year that people of all ages can participate in. If you want to find a…
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Grady Newsource Explains: How to Reduce Litter
By: Nicole Castrellon This past weekend there was a big football game in Athens, and that is evident by the large amounts of trash that have taken over sidewalks on campus and across Athens. Luckily there are more than a few ways you can reduce litter production and keep the…
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Local Restaurants Cook with Insects
By: Jordan Mecca Entomophagy is the human consumption of insects and arachnids as food. A common practice across the globe, it has yet to become popular in the Western world – until now. One U.S. trend of 2015 is the use of cricket flour as a food supplement. Cricket flour as well as…
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Grady Newsource Explains: GRAD Industrial Sites
By Richard Banton The newest industrial site in Barrow County is under development after gaining approval as a Georgia Ready for Accelerated Development (GRAD) project. These sites take advantage of tax credits and help prospective businesses get to market earlier and provide jobs, according to the Georgia Department of Economic…
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Grady Newsource Explains: Testing Water for E. coli
Dr. Uttam Kumar Saha, Program Director at the University of Georgia Feed and Environmental Water Laboratory, explains how water samples a tested for bacteria once the sample are deposited at the laboratory. By: Allison Gowens
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Grady Newsource Explains: Water Quality Indicators
Unacceptably high levels of E. coli bacteria found by volunteers in a Barber Creek tributary has Oconee County residents concerned about the quality of their recreational water. As present, the state Environmental Protection Division’s water quality monitoring of Georgia’s water resources differs from that recommended by the federal Environmental…
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UPDATE: Athens-Clarke County Ranks 6th in Water Conservation Contest
ATHENS — Athens-Clarke County is in 6th place for the running in the "My Water Pledge."
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Stink Bugs are More Than Smelly, They’re Invasive
ATHENS — There have been 13,000 sightings of the stink bug in the past week alone. This could be bad for Georgia's cotton industry.