environmental issues
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Northeast Georgia News
Rural Communities Express Worries as Georgia Becomes a Hub for Electric Vehicles
On a quiet Sunday afternoon in the small town of Rutledge, Georgia, over 100 people opposing Rivian Automotive, an up-and-coming electric vehicle manufacturer, gathered in a community effort to protest the California-based company’s expansion into their neighborhood. The Sept. 11 rally, organized by members of the thousands-large Facebook group…
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Environment
The Trouble With T-Shirts: Fast Fashion, Greek Life and What’s Next
Shannon Marsh, a senior fashion merchandising major, looks down at her drawer stuffed with sorority T-shirts. Since joining Delta Gamma in 2018, she has collected 24 shirts, wearing about eight of them regularly, yet she can’t bring herself to part with them. The rainbow collection of shirts ranges in shades…
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Athens-Clarke County
Organic, Traditionally Grown Produce Show Mixed Environmental Benefits
Sarah Thurman is proud of the growth that the Athens Farmers Market has experienced since she took over as market manager three years ago. In that time, she says that she has seen the number of visitors who stop by the market almost every Saturday morning from March through December…
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Athens-Clarke County
Athens Vulture Festival Returns to Educate, Create Empathy
Athens is making efforts to educate people about the value of our under-appreciated avian friends, vultures. On Sept. 28, Athens is holding its sixth annual Athens Vulture Festival. The event will kick off with a bird walk at 8 a.m. and festivities will continue through noon. The bird walk will…
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Athens-Clarke County
Athens Groups Address the Environment, One School at a Time
This is one of several Solutions Journalism stories published through a Grady capstone course that reported on housing issues during the fall of 2018. How do you make big issues such as climate change and sustainability accessible to younger generations? That is a question Keep Athens-Clarke County Beautiful, a nonprofit organization…
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UGA
Compost 101: How Composting Could Save Money and the Environment
Grady Newsource Reporter Tyler Linn takes a look into what composting is and how it could save the University of Georgia some money when they take out the trash. But even more importantly, the Warnell graduate students who are pushing for more composting awareness say that composting will help…
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Environment
BP Oil Spill Civil Trial Update
http://youtu.be/pNxOLSLoXSE By: Julie Calhoun You may have seen advertisements that BP is doing towards relief efforts in the gulf, but as the civil trial for BP continues they will still be held accountable for the effects. UGA Marine Sciences professor Patricia Meideiros tells what research they’re doing now in…
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Environment
BP Oil Spill Begins Civil Trial
UGA Professors who are experts in Marine Biology have been involved in many studies with the BP oil spill. The civil trial against BP began today. Invisible oil is still an issue almost three years later. There are still multiple reports of oil coated coral reefs, fish, and oysters. UGA…