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Over 500 Atlantans March For Climate Justice In Lead Up To Paris Negotiations

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Photograph by Steve Eberhardt.   (APN) ATLANTA — Before world leaders began critical climate negotiations in Paris, France, on November 30, 2015, Atlantans joined more than half a million people worldwide who rallied to demand a stop to global warming.   On Sunday, November 29, 2015, 550 people marched from a park in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward neighborhood to the […]

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City of Atlanta to Install Solar Panels on 28 City Buildings

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(APN) ATLANTA — City of Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed held a press conference Monday, November 23, 2015 at Atlanta City Hall to announce that the City is launching Solar Atlanta, its first solar energy program.   The program will allow solar panels to be installed on the roofs of 28 municipal buildings in Atlanta.  This is the first program of […]

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(IPS) Obama’s Victory a Boon for Clear Air, Water Acts

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/12/obamas-victory-a-boon-for-clear-air-water-acts/ ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec 19 2012 (IPS) – With Barack Obama’s re-election last month as U.S. president, key environmental protections escaped a likely Republican chopping block, and new regulations are expected when his second term begins in January.  Environmentalists say the situation would be much different had former governor Mitt Romney […]

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