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Residence hall set to open at University of North Georgia

2016-07-14 20:07:00| American School & University

The Commons will provide housing for an additional 540 students on the university's Dahlonega campus. read more

Coal ash fears stoke fight over southeast Georgia landfill

2016-07-03 15:06:29| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

WABE: Peggy Riggins, a retired high school teacher and counselor in Jesup, Georgia, is on a mission. On a hot, bright day in the southeast Georgia town, shes going from business to business, asking people to join and donate to her cause: fighting a plan to bring thousands, maybe millions, of tons of coal ash to the local landfill. Coal ash is a byproduct from burning coal for electricity. It can contain toxic materials, like mercury and arsenic. Nationwide, utilities generate more than 100 million...

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These countries have deadliest air pollution. (Surprisingly, Georgia is No. 1.)

2016-06-28 09:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Vox: Every year, air pollution kills about 6.5 million people worldwide -- linked to everything from lung cancer to heart disease to strokes. Its an honest-to-goodness public health crisis. So the International Energy Agency just put out a huge report on how pollution got so bad and what we might do about it. Heres a striking chart showing where air pollution is deadliest, with countries ranked by deaths per 100,000 people. This includes deaths linked to sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx),...

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