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Georgia Governor Says North Carolina and Tennessee Can Keep Their Wrongfully- Possessed Land. By SustainAtlanta on. May 17, 2019. • ( Leave a comment ) The Georgia Legislature once again tried to resurrect the idea of re-drawing the state’s northern border to gain access to more water. This time the governor wisely rejected the idea. ABOUT SUSTAINATLANTA About SustainAtlanta. SustainAtlanta is dedicated to promoting sustainable land use, development, and environmental policies in Atlanta and the Southeast region. Through advocacy and policy initiatives our mission is to enhance the livability of our urban areas while strengthening the region’s immense ecological diversity. JAPANESE ZONING: THE SOLUTION TO NIMBYISM? First, let’s quickly explore Japan’s zoning system. Japan largely zones communities on the federal level while here in the US we create zoning regulations on the local level, but Japan also utilizes a highly inclusive and simple zoning system. The country employs a hierarchical method that allows lower-use zones to be included inhigher-use
YOU DON’T OWN THAT PARKING SPOT IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE You Don’t Own That Parking Spot in Front of Your House. Smashed windows, eggs, acid, and angry notes. These are just some of the methods residents have used to show their dissatisfaction with people parking on public streets in front of their homes. Americans have largely grown up with the idea that parking is a right; a right sofundamental
THE DAWSON FOREST SITE: ATLANTA'S INTRIGUING FORMER While the city of Atlanta may still want to the use the site for a second airport, the likelihood of this occurring seems ever more remote. A study back in 2011 that analyzed the feasibility of several sites in the area including the Dawson Forest site and the other likely airport site in Paulding Country found no feasible sites. Despite this report, officials still seem to be focused on the ICE DISPLACES WATER, SO MELTING ICE WON’T CAUSE OCEANS TO Oceans will rise when ice melts because (1) sea water expands when it warms; and (2) lots of ice on land is melting ( i.e. ice that wasn’t already displacing water in the ocean). Add to that the fact that we’ve already observed the ocean actually rising as the Earth warms and ice melts. It won’t. DOWN WITH THE FLASHING YELLOW CROSSWALK SIGNALS A yellow light simply doesn’t make sense for drivers. The flashing yellow lights come with a sign that says “stop when flashing” or “stop for pedestrians in crosswalk” or some strange combination of the two. Traditionally yellow means slow down, be cautious, or be prepared to stop; it never commands you to stop. That’s why we havered.
THE FICTIONAL ALCOHOL LAW THAT’S DESTROYING LIVES The Metropolitan Washington, D.C., Council of Governments estimates that the hidden cost of bags is over $37 per person per year, while stores typically spend about $1,000 to $6,000 on bags monthly. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it’s estimated that between less than 1 percent and up to 3 percent of plastic bags consumed are actually recycled. REMEMBERING THE TIME ANDREW JACKSON DECIDED TO IGNORE THE “John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it.” Those are the famous words uttered by President Andrew Jackson in relation to U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall’s 1832 decision in Worcester v.Georgia to strike down a Georgia law that imposed regulations on the comings and goings of white people in Native American land. GEORGIA AIMS TO BRING SOLAR ENERGY TO A NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR Georgia Aims to Bring Solar Energy to a Neighborhood Near You. Last week Representative Mike Dudgeon introduced a bill designed to dramatically increase the availability of solar energy equipment to the average person. The Georgia Legislature was in recess last week, so instead of discussing new bills we’ll take a closer look at thisone.
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Georgia Governor Says North Carolina and Tennessee Can Keep Their Wrongfully- Possessed Land. By SustainAtlanta on. May 17, 2019. • ( Leave a comment ) The Georgia Legislature once again tried to resurrect the idea of re-drawing the state’s northern border to gain access to more water. This time the governor wisely rejected the idea. ABOUT SUSTAINATLANTA About SustainAtlanta. SustainAtlanta is dedicated to promoting sustainable land use, development, and environmental policies in Atlanta and the Southeast region. Through advocacy and policy initiatives our mission is to enhance the livability of our urban areas while strengthening the region’s immense ecological diversity. JAPANESE ZONING: THE SOLUTION TO NIMBYISM? First, let’s quickly explore Japan’s zoning system. Japan largely zones communities on the federal level while here in the US we create zoning regulations on the local level, but Japan also utilizes a highly inclusive and simple zoning system. The country employs a hierarchical method that allows lower-use zones to be included inhigher-use
YOU DON’T OWN THAT PARKING SPOT IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE You Don’t Own That Parking Spot in Front of Your House. Smashed windows, eggs, acid, and angry notes. These are just some of the methods residents have used to show their dissatisfaction with people parking on public streets in front of their homes. Americans have largely grown up with the idea that parking is a right; a right sofundamental
THE DAWSON FOREST SITE: ATLANTA'S INTRIGUING FORMER While the city of Atlanta may still want to the use the site for a second airport, the likelihood of this occurring seems ever more remote. A study back in 2011 that analyzed the feasibility of several sites in the area including the Dawson Forest site and the other likely airport site in Paulding Country found no feasible sites. Despite this report, officials still seem to be focused on the ICE DISPLACES WATER, SO MELTING ICE WON’T CAUSE OCEANS TO Oceans will rise when ice melts because (1) sea water expands when it warms; and (2) lots of ice on land is melting ( i.e. ice that wasn’t already displacing water in the ocean). Add to that the fact that we’ve already observed the ocean actually rising as the Earth warms and ice melts. It won’t. DOWN WITH THE FLASHING YELLOW CROSSWALK SIGNALS A yellow light simply doesn’t make sense for drivers. The flashing yellow lights come with a sign that says “stop when flashing” or “stop for pedestrians in crosswalk” or some strange combination of the two. Traditionally yellow means slow down, be cautious, or be prepared to stop; it never commands you to stop. That’s why we havered.
THE FICTIONAL ALCOHOL LAW THAT’S DESTROYING LIVES The Metropolitan Washington, D.C., Council of Governments estimates that the hidden cost of bags is over $37 per person per year, while stores typically spend about $1,000 to $6,000 on bags monthly. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it’s estimated that between less than 1 percent and up to 3 percent of plastic bags consumed are actually recycled. REMEMBERING THE TIME ANDREW JACKSON DECIDED TO IGNORE THE “John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it.” Those are the famous words uttered by President Andrew Jackson in relation to U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall’s 1832 decision in Worcester v.Georgia to strike down a Georgia law that imposed regulations on the comings and goings of white people in Native American land. GEORGIA AIMS TO BRING SOLAR ENERGY TO A NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR Georgia Aims to Bring Solar Energy to a Neighborhood Near You. Last week Representative Mike Dudgeon introduced a bill designed to dramatically increase the availability of solar energy equipment to the average person. The Georgia Legislature was in recess last week, so instead of discussing new bills we’ll take a closer look at thisone.
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Georgia Governor Says North Carolina and Tennessee Can Keep Their Wrongfully- Possessed Land. By SustainAtlanta on. May 17, 2019. • ( Leave a comment ) The Georgia Legislature once again tried to resurrect the idea of re-drawing the state’s northern border to gain access to more water. This time the governor wisely rejected the idea. ABOUT SUSTAINATLANTA About SustainAtlanta. SustainAtlanta is dedicated to promoting sustainable land use, development, and environmental policies in Atlanta and the Southeast region. Through advocacy and policy initiatives our mission is to enhance the livability of our urban areas while strengthening the region’s immense ecological diversity. THE DAWSON FOREST SITE: ATLANTA'S INTRIGUING FORMER While the city of Atlanta may still want to the use the site for a second airport, the likelihood of this occurring seems ever more remote. A study back in 2011 that analyzed the feasibility of several sites in the area including the Dawson Forest site and the other likely airport site in Paulding Country found no feasible sites. Despite this report, officials still seem to be focused on the DISORDER IN THE SUPREME COURT: FOUR WAYS TO RESOLVE THE Disorder in the Supreme Court: Four Ways to Resolve the Partisan Chaos. A seat on the US Supreme Court is perhaps the most the powerful position one can attain in modern times. With the stroke of a pen, justices can uphold or strike down policies that have global impacts. The Constitution doesn’t expressly grant the Court this degree ofpower
GEORGIA TENANTS CAN NOW SAFELY REPORT ILLEGAL HOUSING According to the AJC, that makes Georgia the 42nd state to pass such a law. The bill prohibits landlords from evicting tenants after tenants have, among other things, made complaints about illegal, substandard housing like mold and building code ATLANTA IS SUDDENLY A TOP 10 WALKABLE US CITY; REALLY Atlanta is one of the most walkable cities in America? Really? According to a recent report by George Washington University research professor Christopher Leinberger Atlanta is the 8th (of 30 major cities) most walkable city in America. That just sounds incorrect. When the term “walkability” gets thrown around, a handful of cities immediately come to mind: Portland, Boston, Washington, and PUBLIC ACCESS TO BEACHES IS UNDER ATTACK Politics/Land Use Public Access to Beaches is Under Attack. From The Tampa Bay Times and SeaGrant Florida. Florida recently passed a law prohibiting local governments from passing ordinances designed to protect the public’s access to beaches.Under the Florida Constitution, the state holds in trust for the public all land from the mean high-tide outward (basically the wet sand of a beach). THE BURDEN ON LANDLORDS TO PROTECT TENANTS HAS BEEN The Burden on Landlords to Protect Tenants Has Been Diminished. Late one night in the summer of 2011, Derrick George heard a knock on the door of his apartment in southwest Atlanta. He saw a lone man standing out front and slightly opened the door to inquire. Suddenly a second man appeared and the two strangers forced themselves into the TENANTS SUFFER YET ANOTHER LOSS AT THE GEORGIA COURT OF The Georgia Court of Appeals, though, ruled last week that a landlord can limit this two year allowance by placing a paragraph in the lease reducing the time to file any claim to one year. This is yet another negative legal development for tenants in Georgia. In the case decided last week, an elderly tenant slipped on a crumbling section of a THE TIME PADDY'S PUB NEARLY FELL VICTIM TO ZONING It’s always sunny in Philadelphia, unless you’re being evicted from your property by your new neighbor. This is the premise for season two, episode two, that leads the gang on a wild goose chase in search of legal, and non-legal, recourse to save their pub from neighborly annexation.SUSTAINATLANTA
Georgia Governor Says North Carolina and Tennessee Can Keep Their Wrongfully- Possessed Land. By SustainAtlanta on. May 17, 2019. • ( Leave a comment ) The Georgia Legislature once again tried to resurrect the idea of re-drawing the state’s northern border to gain access to more water. This time the governor wisely rejected the idea. ABOUT SUSTAINATLANTA About SustainAtlanta. SustainAtlanta is dedicated to promoting sustainable land use, development, and environmental policies in Atlanta and the Southeast region. Through advocacy and policy initiatives our mission is to enhance the livability of our urban areas while strengthening the region’s immense ecological diversity. JAPANESE ZONING: THE SOLUTION TO NIMBYISM? First, let’s quickly explore Japan’s zoning system. Japan largely zones communities on the federal level while here in the US we create zoning regulations on the local level, but Japan also utilizes a highly inclusive and simple zoning system. The country employs a hierarchical method that allows lower-use zones to be included inhigher-use
THE DAWSON FOREST SITE: ATLANTA'S INTRIGUING FORMER While the city of Atlanta may still want to the use the site for a second airport, the likelihood of this occurring seems ever more remote. A study back in 2011 that analyzed the feasibility of several sites in the area including the Dawson Forest site and the other likely airport site in Paulding Country found no feasible sites. Despite this report, officials still seem to be focused on the YOU DON’T OWN THAT PARKING SPOT IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE You Don’t Own That Parking Spot in Front of Your House. Smashed windows, eggs, acid, and angry notes. These are just some of the methods residents have used to show their dissatisfaction with people parking on public streets in front of their homes. Americans have largely grown up with the idea that parking is a right; a right sofundamental
ICE DISPLACES WATER, SO MELTING ICE WON’T CAUSE OCEANS TO Oceans will rise when ice melts because (1) sea water expands when it warms; and (2) lots of ice on land is melting ( i.e. ice that wasn’t already displacing water in the ocean). Add to that the fact that we’ve already observed the ocean actually rising as the Earth warms and ice melts. It won’t. DOWN WITH THE FLASHING YELLOW CROSSWALK SIGNALS A yellow light simply doesn’t make sense for drivers. The flashing yellow lights come with a sign that says “stop when flashing” or “stop for pedestrians in crosswalk” or some strange combination of the two. Traditionally yellow means slow down, be cautious, or be prepared to stop; it never commands you to stop. That’s why we havered.
THE FICTIONAL ALCOHOL LAW THAT’S DESTROYING LIVES The Metropolitan Washington, D.C., Council of Governments estimates that the hidden cost of bags is over $37 per person per year, while stores typically spend about $1,000 to $6,000 on bags monthly. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it’s estimated that between less than 1 percent and up to 3 percent of plastic bags consumed are actually recycled. REMEMBERING THE TIME ANDREW JACKSON DECIDED TO IGNORE THE “John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it.” Those are the famous words uttered by President Andrew Jackson in relation to U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall’s 1832 decision in Worcester v.Georgia to strike down a Georgia law that imposed regulations on the comings and goings of white people in Native American land. GEORGIA AIMS TO BRING SOLAR ENERGY TO A NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR Georgia Aims to Bring Solar Energy to a Neighborhood Near You. Last week Representative Mike Dudgeon introduced a bill designed to dramatically increase the availability of solar energy equipment to the average person. The Georgia Legislature was in recess last week, so instead of discussing new bills we’ll take a closer look at thisone.
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Georgia Governor Says North Carolina and Tennessee Can Keep Their Wrongfully- Possessed Land. By SustainAtlanta on. May 17, 2019. • ( Leave a comment ) The Georgia Legislature once again tried to resurrect the idea of re-drawing the state’s northern border to gain access to more water. This time the governor wisely rejected the idea. ABOUT SUSTAINATLANTA About SustainAtlanta. SustainAtlanta is dedicated to promoting sustainable land use, development, and environmental policies in Atlanta and the Southeast region. Through advocacy and policy initiatives our mission is to enhance the livability of our urban areas while strengthening the region’s immense ecological diversity. JAPANESE ZONING: THE SOLUTION TO NIMBYISM? First, let’s quickly explore Japan’s zoning system. Japan largely zones communities on the federal level while here in the US we create zoning regulations on the local level, but Japan also utilizes a highly inclusive and simple zoning system. The country employs a hierarchical method that allows lower-use zones to be included inhigher-use
THE DAWSON FOREST SITE: ATLANTA'S INTRIGUING FORMER While the city of Atlanta may still want to the use the site for a second airport, the likelihood of this occurring seems ever more remote. A study back in 2011 that analyzed the feasibility of several sites in the area including the Dawson Forest site and the other likely airport site in Paulding Country found no feasible sites. Despite this report, officials still seem to be focused on the YOU DON’T OWN THAT PARKING SPOT IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE You Don’t Own That Parking Spot in Front of Your House. Smashed windows, eggs, acid, and angry notes. These are just some of the methods residents have used to show their dissatisfaction with people parking on public streets in front of their homes. Americans have largely grown up with the idea that parking is a right; a right sofundamental
ICE DISPLACES WATER, SO MELTING ICE WON’T CAUSE OCEANS TO Oceans will rise when ice melts because (1) sea water expands when it warms; and (2) lots of ice on land is melting ( i.e. ice that wasn’t already displacing water in the ocean). Add to that the fact that we’ve already observed the ocean actually rising as the Earth warms and ice melts. It won’t. DOWN WITH THE FLASHING YELLOW CROSSWALK SIGNALS A yellow light simply doesn’t make sense for drivers. The flashing yellow lights come with a sign that says “stop when flashing” or “stop for pedestrians in crosswalk” or some strange combination of the two. Traditionally yellow means slow down, be cautious, or be prepared to stop; it never commands you to stop. That’s why we havered.
THE FICTIONAL ALCOHOL LAW THAT’S DESTROYING LIVES The Metropolitan Washington, D.C., Council of Governments estimates that the hidden cost of bags is over $37 per person per year, while stores typically spend about $1,000 to $6,000 on bags monthly. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it’s estimated that between less than 1 percent and up to 3 percent of plastic bags consumed are actually recycled. REMEMBERING THE TIME ANDREW JACKSON DECIDED TO IGNORE THE “John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it.” Those are the famous words uttered by President Andrew Jackson in relation to U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall’s 1832 decision in Worcester v.Georgia to strike down a Georgia law that imposed regulations on the comings and goings of white people in Native American land. GEORGIA AIMS TO BRING SOLAR ENERGY TO A NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR Georgia Aims to Bring Solar Energy to a Neighborhood Near You. Last week Representative Mike Dudgeon introduced a bill designed to dramatically increase the availability of solar energy equipment to the average person. The Georgia Legislature was in recess last week, so instead of discussing new bills we’ll take a closer look at thisone.
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An individual adult oyster can filter pollutants out of 50 gallons of water per day; that’s more water than the average person will drink in 70 days. Furthermore, the scarcity and diminished size of the reef habitat that is increasingly becoming the norm can lead to overcrowding of larvae and poorly developed adult oysters, as well asreduced
2019-2020 LEGISLATIVE SESSION 2019-2020 Legislative Session. The 2019-2020 Georgia Legislative Session kicked off its first session on January 14, 2019. It will re-convene in January 2020 for session two. We will be following bills related to local government, land use, transportation, planning, and environmental issues. Each week we will add any relevant new bills and THE DAWSON FOREST SITE: ATLANTA'S INTRIGUING FORMER While the city of Atlanta may still want to the use the site for a second airport, the likelihood of this occurring seems ever more remote. A study back in 2011 that analyzed the feasibility of several sites in the area including the Dawson Forest site and the other likely airport site in Paulding Country found no feasible sites. Despite this report, officials still seem to be focused on the TEN WAYS TO LOOK AT METRO ATLANTA'S POPULATION GROWTH Sandy Springs, Atlanta, and Gainesville stand apart from the pack with all three growing at over 9 percent during that time period. Macon, with a growth rate of -1.2%, was the only major city to decrease in population between 2010 and 2015. Now let’s look only at Metro Atlanta. The graph below shows the 2015 population for each county inthe
ATLANTA IS SUDDENLY A TOP 10 WALKABLE US CITY; REALLY Atlanta is one of the most walkable cities in America? Really? According to a recent report by George Washington University research professor Christopher Leinberger Atlanta is the 8th (of 30 major cities) most walkable city in America. That just sounds incorrect. When the term “walkability” gets thrown around, a handful of cities immediately come to mind: Portland, Boston, Washington, and DISORDER IN THE SUPREME COURT: FOUR WAYS TO RESOLVE THE Disorder in the Supreme Court: Four Ways to Resolve the Partisan Chaos. A seat on the US Supreme Court is perhaps the most the powerful position one can attain in modern times. With the stroke of a pen, justices can uphold or strike down policies that have global impacts. The Constitution doesn’t expressly grant the Court this degree ofpower
PUBLIC ACCESS TO BEACHES IS UNDER ATTACK Politics/Land Use Public Access to Beaches is Under Attack. From The Tampa Bay Times and SeaGrant Florida. Florida recently passed a law prohibiting local governments from passing ordinances designed to protect the public’s access to beaches.Under the Florida Constitution, the state holds in trust for the public all land from the mean high-tide outward (basically the wet sand of a beach). BEES IN THE CITY: IS YOUR URBAN APIARY ILLEGAL Updated 24-Feb-2018* Urban beekeeping provides sanctuary for bees and a source of pleasure and potential income for their caretakers. Studies show that city bees may produce more honey, enjoy greater food source biodiversity, and live longer lives than their rural and suburban counterparts.Urban bees generally don’t need to rely on the supplementation of high fructose corn SHOULD GEORGIA PAY PEOPLE TO KEEP THEIR YARDS WILD Weekly Links: Minnesota will pay people to make their yards more pollinator-friendly, the Supreme Court will decide if Georgia can copyright its laws, and THE BURDEN ON LANDLORDS TO PROTECT TENANTS HAS BEEN The Burden on Landlords to Protect Tenants Has Been Diminished. Late one night in the summer of 2011, Derrick George heard a knock on the door of his apartment in southwest Atlanta. He saw a lone man standing out front and slightly opened the door to inquire. Suddenly a second man appeared and the two strangers forced themselves into theSUSTAINATLANTA
Georgia Governor Says North Carolina and Tennessee Can Keep Their Wrongfully- Possessed Land. By SustainAtlanta on. May 17, 2019. • ( Leave a comment ) The Georgia Legislature once again tried to resurrect the idea of re-drawing the state’s northern border to gain access to more water. This time the governor wisely rejected the idea. ABOUT SUSTAINATLANTA About SustainAtlanta. SustainAtlanta is dedicated to promoting sustainable land use, development, and environmental policies in Atlanta and the Southeast region. Through advocacy and policy initiatives our mission is to enhance the livability of our urban areas while strengthening the region’s immense ecological diversity. JAPANESE ZONING: THE SOLUTION TO NIMBYISM? First, let’s quickly explore Japan’s zoning system. Japan largely zones communities on the federal level while here in the US we create zoning regulations on the local level, but Japan also utilizes a highly inclusive and simple zoning system. The country employs a hierarchical method that allows lower-use zones to be included inhigher-use
THE DAWSON FOREST SITE: ATLANTA'S INTRIGUING FORMER While the city of Atlanta may still want to the use the site for a second airport, the likelihood of this occurring seems ever more remote. A study back in 2011 that analyzed the feasibility of several sites in the area including the Dawson Forest site and the other likely airport site in Paulding Country found no feasible sites. Despite this report, officials still seem to be focused on the YOU DON’T OWN THAT PARKING SPOT IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE You Don’t Own That Parking Spot in Front of Your House. Smashed windows, eggs, acid, and angry notes. These are just some of the methods residents have used to show their dissatisfaction with people parking on public streets in front of their homes. Americans have largely grown up with the idea that parking is a right; a right sofundamental
ICE DISPLACES WATER, SO MELTING ICE WON’T CAUSE OCEANS TO Oceans will rise when ice melts because (1) sea water expands when it warms; and (2) lots of ice on land is melting ( i.e. ice that wasn’t already displacing water in the ocean). Add to that the fact that we’ve already observed the ocean actually rising as the Earth warms and ice melts. It won’t. DOWN WITH THE FLASHING YELLOW CROSSWALK SIGNALS A yellow light simply doesn’t make sense for drivers. The flashing yellow lights come with a sign that says “stop when flashing” or “stop for pedestrians in crosswalk” or some strange combination of the two. Traditionally yellow means slow down, be cautious, or be prepared to stop; it never commands you to stop. That’s why we havered.
THE FICTIONAL ALCOHOL LAW THAT’S DESTROYING LIVES The Metropolitan Washington, D.C., Council of Governments estimates that the hidden cost of bags is over $37 per person per year, while stores typically spend about $1,000 to $6,000 on bags monthly. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it’s estimated that between less than 1 percent and up to 3 percent of plastic bags consumed are actually recycled. REMEMBERING THE TIME ANDREW JACKSON DECIDED TO IGNORE THE “John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it.” Those are the famous words uttered by President Andrew Jackson in relation to U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall’s 1832 decision in Worcester v.Georgia to strike down a Georgia law that imposed regulations on the comings and goings of white people in Native American land. GEORGIA AIMS TO BRING SOLAR ENERGY TO A NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR Georgia Aims to Bring Solar Energy to a Neighborhood Near You. Last week Representative Mike Dudgeon introduced a bill designed to dramatically increase the availability of solar energy equipment to the average person. The Georgia Legislature was in recess last week, so instead of discussing new bills we’ll take a closer look at thisone.
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Georgia Governor Says North Carolina and Tennessee Can Keep Their Wrongfully- Possessed Land. By SustainAtlanta on. May 17, 2019. • ( Leave a comment ) The Georgia Legislature once again tried to resurrect the idea of re-drawing the state’s northern border to gain access to more water. This time the governor wisely rejected the idea. ABOUT SUSTAINATLANTA About SustainAtlanta. SustainAtlanta is dedicated to promoting sustainable land use, development, and environmental policies in Atlanta and the Southeast region. Through advocacy and policy initiatives our mission is to enhance the livability of our urban areas while strengthening the region’s immense ecological diversity. JAPANESE ZONING: THE SOLUTION TO NIMBYISM? First, let’s quickly explore Japan’s zoning system. Japan largely zones communities on the federal level while here in the US we create zoning regulations on the local level, but Japan also utilizes a highly inclusive and simple zoning system. The country employs a hierarchical method that allows lower-use zones to be included inhigher-use
THE DAWSON FOREST SITE: ATLANTA'S INTRIGUING FORMER While the city of Atlanta may still want to the use the site for a second airport, the likelihood of this occurring seems ever more remote. A study back in 2011 that analyzed the feasibility of several sites in the area including the Dawson Forest site and the other likely airport site in Paulding Country found no feasible sites. Despite this report, officials still seem to be focused on the YOU DON’T OWN THAT PARKING SPOT IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE You Don’t Own That Parking Spot in Front of Your House. Smashed windows, eggs, acid, and angry notes. These are just some of the methods residents have used to show their dissatisfaction with people parking on public streets in front of their homes. Americans have largely grown up with the idea that parking is a right; a right sofundamental
ICE DISPLACES WATER, SO MELTING ICE WON’T CAUSE OCEANS TO Oceans will rise when ice melts because (1) sea water expands when it warms; and (2) lots of ice on land is melting ( i.e. ice that wasn’t already displacing water in the ocean). Add to that the fact that we’ve already observed the ocean actually rising as the Earth warms and ice melts. It won’t. DOWN WITH THE FLASHING YELLOW CROSSWALK SIGNALS A yellow light simply doesn’t make sense for drivers. The flashing yellow lights come with a sign that says “stop when flashing” or “stop for pedestrians in crosswalk” or some strange combination of the two. Traditionally yellow means slow down, be cautious, or be prepared to stop; it never commands you to stop. That’s why we havered.
THE FICTIONAL ALCOHOL LAW THAT’S DESTROYING LIVES The Metropolitan Washington, D.C., Council of Governments estimates that the hidden cost of bags is over $37 per person per year, while stores typically spend about $1,000 to $6,000 on bags monthly. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it’s estimated that between less than 1 percent and up to 3 percent of plastic bags consumed are actually recycled. REMEMBERING THE TIME ANDREW JACKSON DECIDED TO IGNORE THE “John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it.” Those are the famous words uttered by President Andrew Jackson in relation to U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall’s 1832 decision in Worcester v.Georgia to strike down a Georgia law that imposed regulations on the comings and goings of white people in Native American land. GEORGIA AIMS TO BRING SOLAR ENERGY TO A NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR Georgia Aims to Bring Solar Energy to a Neighborhood Near You. Last week Representative Mike Dudgeon introduced a bill designed to dramatically increase the availability of solar energy equipment to the average person. The Georgia Legislature was in recess last week, so instead of discussing new bills we’ll take a closer look at thisone.
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An individual adult oyster can filter pollutants out of 50 gallons of water per day; that’s more water than the average person will drink in 70 days. Furthermore, the scarcity and diminished size of the reef habitat that is increasingly becoming the norm can lead to overcrowding of larvae and poorly developed adult oysters, as well asreduced
2019-2020 LEGISLATIVE SESSION 2019-2020 Legislative Session. The 2019-2020 Georgia Legislative Session kicked off its first session on January 14, 2019. It will re-convene in January 2020 for session two. We will be following bills related to local government, land use, transportation, planning, and environmental issues. Each week we will add any relevant new bills and THE DAWSON FOREST SITE: ATLANTA'S INTRIGUING FORMER While the city of Atlanta may still want to the use the site for a second airport, the likelihood of this occurring seems ever more remote. A study back in 2011 that analyzed the feasibility of several sites in the area including the Dawson Forest site and the other likely airport site in Paulding Country found no feasible sites. Despite this report, officials still seem to be focused on the TEN WAYS TO LOOK AT METRO ATLANTA'S POPULATION GROWTH Sandy Springs, Atlanta, and Gainesville stand apart from the pack with all three growing at over 9 percent during that time period. Macon, with a growth rate of -1.2%, was the only major city to decrease in population between 2010 and 2015. Now let’s look only at Metro Atlanta. The graph below shows the 2015 population for each county inthe
ATLANTA IS SUDDENLY A TOP 10 WALKABLE US CITY; REALLY Atlanta is one of the most walkable cities in America? Really? According to a recent report by George Washington University research professor Christopher Leinberger Atlanta is the 8th (of 30 major cities) most walkable city in America. That just sounds incorrect. When the term “walkability” gets thrown around, a handful of cities immediately come to mind: Portland, Boston, Washington, and DISORDER IN THE SUPREME COURT: FOUR WAYS TO RESOLVE THE Disorder in the Supreme Court: Four Ways to Resolve the Partisan Chaos. A seat on the US Supreme Court is perhaps the most the powerful position one can attain in modern times. With the stroke of a pen, justices can uphold or strike down policies that have global impacts. The Constitution doesn’t expressly grant the Court this degree ofpower
PUBLIC ACCESS TO BEACHES IS UNDER ATTACK Politics/Land Use Public Access to Beaches is Under Attack. From The Tampa Bay Times and SeaGrant Florida. Florida recently passed a law prohibiting local governments from passing ordinances designed to protect the public’s access to beaches.Under the Florida Constitution, the state holds in trust for the public all land from the mean high-tide outward (basically the wet sand of a beach). BEES IN THE CITY: IS YOUR URBAN APIARY ILLEGAL Updated 24-Feb-2018* Urban beekeeping provides sanctuary for bees and a source of pleasure and potential income for their caretakers. Studies show that city bees may produce more honey, enjoy greater food source biodiversity, and live longer lives than their rural and suburban counterparts.Urban bees generally don’t need to rely on the supplementation of high fructose corn SHOULD GEORGIA PAY PEOPLE TO KEEP THEIR YARDS WILD Weekly Links: Minnesota will pay people to make their yards more pollinator-friendly, the Supreme Court will decide if Georgia can copyright its laws, and THE BURDEN ON LANDLORDS TO PROTECT TENANTS HAS BEEN The Burden on Landlords to Protect Tenants Has Been Diminished. Late one night in the summer of 2011, Derrick George heard a knock on the door of his apartment in southwest Atlanta. He saw a lone man standing out front and slightly opened the door to inquire. Suddenly a second man appeared and the two strangers forced themselves into theSUSTAINATLANTA
Georgia Governor Says North Carolina and Tennessee Can Keep Their Wrongfully- Possessed Land. By SustainAtlanta on. May 17, 2019. • ( Leave a comment ) The Georgia Legislature once again tried to resurrect the idea of re-drawing the state’s northern border to gain access to more water. This time the governor wisely rejected the idea. ABOUT SUSTAINATLANTA About SustainAtlanta. SustainAtlanta is dedicated to promoting sustainable land use, development, and environmental policies in Atlanta and the Southeast region. Through advocacy and policy initiatives our mission is to enhance the livability of our urban areas while strengthening the region’s immense ecological diversity. JAPANESE ZONING: THE SOLUTION TO NIMBYISM? First, let’s quickly explore Japan’s zoning system. Japan largely zones communities on the federal level while here in the US we create zoning regulations on the local level, but Japan also utilizes a highly inclusive and simple zoning system. The country employs a hierarchical method that allows lower-use zones to be included inhigher-use
THE DAWSON FOREST SITE: ATLANTA'S INTRIGUING FORMER While the city of Atlanta may still want to the use the site for a second airport, the likelihood of this occurring seems ever more remote. A study back in 2011 that analyzed the feasibility of several sites in the area including the Dawson Forest site and the other likely airport site in Paulding Country found no feasible sites. Despite this report, officials still seem to be focused on the YOU DON’T OWN THAT PARKING SPOT IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE You Don’t Own That Parking Spot in Front of Your House. Smashed windows, eggs, acid, and angry notes. These are just some of the methods residents have used to show their dissatisfaction with people parking on public streets in front of their homes. Americans have largely grown up with the idea that parking is a right; a right sofundamental
ATLANTA SURGES IN GROWTH AS METRO AREA EXCEEDS 45% OF Atlanta Surges in Growth as Metro Area Exceeds 45% of Georgia’s Population. In 2016 we wrote about Atlanta’s explosive growth since 2010 and nothing has changed over the past two years. In fact, Atlanta’s growth has accelerated since 2015 as the city gained 23,000 residents between 2015 and 2017 based on the latest US Censusestimates
ICE DISPLACES WATER, SO MELTING ICE WON’T CAUSE OCEANS TO Oceans will rise when ice melts because (1) sea water expands when it warms; and (2) lots of ice on land is melting ( i.e. ice that wasn’t already displacing water in the ocean). Add to that the fact that we’ve already observed the ocean actually rising as the Earth warms and ice melts. It won’t. CALIFORNIA’S JAPANESE-STYLE TAKEOVER OF LOCAL ZONING California has attempted to solve this problem by mimicking Japan’s model of having the state, not local communities, create basic zoning laws. Theoretically, this should reduce the influence of community activists. Of course, it hasn’t prevented the Sierra Club and othersfrom protesting.
THE FICTIONAL ALCOHOL LAW THAT’S DESTROYING LIVES The Metropolitan Washington, D.C., Council of Governments estimates that the hidden cost of bags is over $37 per person per year, while stores typically spend about $1,000 to $6,000 on bags monthly. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it’s estimated that between less than 1 percent and up to 3 percent of plastic bags consumed are actually recycled. REMEMBERING THE TIME ANDREW JACKSON DECIDED TO IGNORE THE “John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it.” Those are the famous words uttered by President Andrew Jackson in relation to U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall’s 1832 decision in Worcester v.Georgia to strike down a Georgia law that imposed regulations on the comings and goings of white people in Native American land.SUSTAINATLANTA
Georgia Governor Says North Carolina and Tennessee Can Keep Their Wrongfully- Possessed Land. By SustainAtlanta on. May 17, 2019. • ( Leave a comment ) The Georgia Legislature once again tried to resurrect the idea of re-drawing the state’s northern border to gain access to more water. This time the governor wisely rejected the idea. ABOUT SUSTAINATLANTA About SustainAtlanta. SustainAtlanta is dedicated to promoting sustainable land use, development, and environmental policies in Atlanta and the Southeast region. Through advocacy and policy initiatives our mission is to enhance the livability of our urban areas while strengthening the region’s immense ecological diversity. JAPANESE ZONING: THE SOLUTION TO NIMBYISM? First, let’s quickly explore Japan’s zoning system. Japan largely zones communities on the federal level while here in the US we create zoning regulations on the local level, but Japan also utilizes a highly inclusive and simple zoning system. The country employs a hierarchical method that allows lower-use zones to be included inhigher-use
THE DAWSON FOREST SITE: ATLANTA'S INTRIGUING FORMER While the city of Atlanta may still want to the use the site for a second airport, the likelihood of this occurring seems ever more remote. A study back in 2011 that analyzed the feasibility of several sites in the area including the Dawson Forest site and the other likely airport site in Paulding Country found no feasible sites. Despite this report, officials still seem to be focused on the YOU DON’T OWN THAT PARKING SPOT IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE You Don’t Own That Parking Spot in Front of Your House. Smashed windows, eggs, acid, and angry notes. These are just some of the methods residents have used to show their dissatisfaction with people parking on public streets in front of their homes. Americans have largely grown up with the idea that parking is a right; a right sofundamental
ATLANTA SURGES IN GROWTH AS METRO AREA EXCEEDS 45% OF Atlanta Surges in Growth as Metro Area Exceeds 45% of Georgia’s Population. In 2016 we wrote about Atlanta’s explosive growth since 2010 and nothing has changed over the past two years. In fact, Atlanta’s growth has accelerated since 2015 as the city gained 23,000 residents between 2015 and 2017 based on the latest US Censusestimates
ICE DISPLACES WATER, SO MELTING ICE WON’T CAUSE OCEANS TO Oceans will rise when ice melts because (1) sea water expands when it warms; and (2) lots of ice on land is melting ( i.e. ice that wasn’t already displacing water in the ocean). Add to that the fact that we’ve already observed the ocean actually rising as the Earth warms and ice melts. It won’t. CALIFORNIA’S JAPANESE-STYLE TAKEOVER OF LOCAL ZONING California has attempted to solve this problem by mimicking Japan’s model of having the state, not local communities, create basic zoning laws. Theoretically, this should reduce the influence of community activists. Of course, it hasn’t prevented the Sierra Club and othersfrom protesting.
THE FICTIONAL ALCOHOL LAW THAT’S DESTROYING LIVES The Metropolitan Washington, D.C., Council of Governments estimates that the hidden cost of bags is over $37 per person per year, while stores typically spend about $1,000 to $6,000 on bags monthly. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it’s estimated that between less than 1 percent and up to 3 percent of plastic bags consumed are actually recycled. REMEMBERING THE TIME ANDREW JACKSON DECIDED TO IGNORE THE “John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it.” Those are the famous words uttered by President Andrew Jackson in relation to U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall’s 1832 decision in Worcester v.Georgia to strike down a Georgia law that imposed regulations on the comings and goings of white people in Native American land.POLICY INITIATIVES
An individual adult oyster can filter pollutants out of 50 gallons of water per day; that’s more water than the average person will drink in 70 days. Furthermore, the scarcity and diminished size of the reef habitat that is increasingly becoming the norm can lead to overcrowding of larvae and poorly developed adult oysters, as well asreduced
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Weekly Links . Archive of weekly links . Atlanta/Urban Planning Oh Yeah, Transit Is Supposed to Go on The Beltline. From The AJC.Facing pressure from transit supporters, community advocates, and people who remember the point of projects, MARTA revised its funding of transit projects that will receive money from the $2.7 billion generated from the transit sales tax passed by Atlanta voters in 2016. 2019-2020 LEGISLATIVE SESSION 2019-2020 Legislative Session. The 2019-2020 Georgia Legislative Session kicked off its first session on January 14, 2019. It will re-convene in January 2020 for session two. We will be following bills related to local government, land use, transportation, planning, and environmental issues. Each week we will add any relevant new bills and THE DAWSON FOREST SITE: ATLANTA'S INTRIGUING FORMER While the city of Atlanta may still want to the use the site for a second airport, the likelihood of this occurring seems ever more remote. A study back in 2011 that analyzed the feasibility of several sites in the area including the Dawson Forest site and the other likely airport site in Paulding Country found no feasible sites. Despite this report, officials still seem to be focused on the WHEN IS A CITY NOT A CITY? When is a City Not a City? By SustainAtlanta on. January 6, 2016. • ( Leave a comment ) When the city is Peachtree Corners or Tucker, that’s when. At least according to Jeff Lanier, the Deputy Legislative Counsel for the Georgia Legislature. Under Mr. Lanier’s interpretation of the Georgia Constitution, the “City Lite”concept of
PUBLIC ACCESS TO BEACHES IS UNDER ATTACK Politics/Land Use Public Access to Beaches is Under Attack. From The Tampa Bay Times and SeaGrant Florida. Florida recently passed a law prohibiting local governments from passing ordinances designed to protect the public’s access to beaches.Under the Florida Constitution, the state holds in trust for the public all land from the mean high-tide outward (basically the wet sand of a beach). BEES IN THE CITY: IS YOUR URBAN APIARY ILLEGAL Updated 24-Feb-2018* Urban beekeeping provides sanctuary for bees and a source of pleasure and potential income for their caretakers. Studies show that city bees may produce more honey, enjoy greater food source biodiversity, and live longer lives than their rural and suburban counterparts.Urban bees generally don’t need to rely on the supplementation of high fructose corn SHOULD GEORGIA PAY PEOPLE TO KEEP THEIR YARDS WILD Weekly Links: Minnesota will pay people to make their yards more pollinator-friendly, the Supreme Court will decide if Georgia can copyright its laws, and THE SUPREME COURT CAN’T SOLVE THE WATER WARS The Supreme Court Can’t Solve the Water Wars. We’ve long held that the Supreme Court is a poor forum for resolving the war between Florida, Georgia, and Alabama over water use in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River River Basin (Basin). The underlying concerns played out in the Court’s June 27 opinion inFlorida v.
GEORGIA AIMS TO BRING SOLAR ENERGY TO A NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR Georgia Aims to Bring Solar Energy to a Neighborhood Near You. Last week Representative Mike Dudgeon introduced a bill designed to dramatically increase the availability of solar energy equipment to the average person. The Georgia Legislature was in recess last week, so instead of discussing new bills we’ll take a closer look at thisone.
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Georgia Governor Says North Carolina and Tennessee Can Keep Their Wrongfully- Possessed Land. By SustainAtlanta on. May 17, 2019. • ( Leave a comment ) The Georgia Legislature once again tried to resurrect the idea of re-drawing the state’s northern border to gain access to more water. This time the governor wisely rejected the idea. ABOUT SUSTAINATLANTA About SustainAtlanta. SustainAtlanta is dedicated to promoting sustainable land use, development, and environmental policies in Atlanta and the Southeast region. Through advocacy and policy initiatives our mission is to enhance the livability of our urban areas while strengthening the region’s immense ecological diversity. JAPANESE ZONING: THE SOLUTION TO NIMBYISM? First, let’s quickly explore Japan’s zoning system. Japan largely zones communities on the federal level while here in the US we create zoning regulations on the local level, but Japan also utilizes a highly inclusive and simple zoning system. The country employs a hierarchical method that allows lower-use zones to be included inhigher-use
THE DAWSON FOREST SITE: ATLANTA'S INTRIGUING FORMER While the city of Atlanta may still want to the use the site for a second airport, the likelihood of this occurring seems ever more remote. A study back in 2011 that analyzed the feasibility of several sites in the area including the Dawson Forest site and the other likely airport site in Paulding Country found no feasible sites. Despite this report, officials still seem to be focused on the YOU DON’T OWN THAT PARKING SPOT IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSETHE PARKING SPOT COUPONSTHE PARKING SPOT DISCOUNT You Don’t Own That Parking Spot in Front of Your House. Smashed windows, eggs, acid, and angry notes. These are just some of the methods residents have used to show their dissatisfaction with people parking on public streets in front of their homes. Americans have largely grown up with the idea that parking is a right; a right sofundamental
ATLANTA SURGES IN GROWTH AS METRO AREA EXCEEDS 45% OFLARGEST METRO AREASLARGEST METRO AREAS IN AMERICALARGEST METRO AREAS IN CHINALARGEST METRO AREAS IN GALARGEST METRO AREAS IN THE USA Atlanta Surges in Growth as Metro Area Exceeds 45% of Georgia’s Population. In 2016 we wrote about Atlanta’s explosive growth since 2010 and nothing has changed over the past two years. In fact, Atlanta’s growth has accelerated since 2015 as the city gained 23,000 residents between 2015 and 2017 based on the latest US Censusestimates
ICE DISPLACES WATER, SO MELTING ICE WON’T CAUSE OCEANS TO Oceans will rise when ice melts because (1) sea water expands when it warms; and (2) lots of ice on land is melting ( i.e. ice that wasn’t already displacing water in the ocean). Add to that the fact that we’ve already observed the ocean actually rising as the Earth warms and ice melts. It won’t. CALIFORNIA’S JAPANESE-STYLE TAKEOVER OF LOCAL ZONING California has attempted to solve this problem by mimicking Japan’s model of having the state, not local communities, create basic zoning laws. Theoretically, this should reduce the influence of community activists. Of course, it hasn’t prevented the Sierra Club and othersfrom protesting.
THE FICTIONAL ALCOHOL LAW THAT’S DESTROYING LIVES The Metropolitan Washington, D.C., Council of Governments estimates that the hidden cost of bags is over $37 per person per year, while stores typically spend about $1,000 to $6,000 on bags monthly. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it’s estimated that between less than 1 percent and up to 3 percent of plastic bags consumed are actually recycled. REMEMBERING THE TIME ANDREW JACKSON DECIDED TO IGNORE THE “John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it.” Those are the famous words uttered by President Andrew Jackson in relation to U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall’s 1832 decision in Worcester v.Georgia to strike down a Georgia law that imposed regulations on the comings and goings of white people in Native American land.SUSTAINATLANTA
Georgia Governor Says North Carolina and Tennessee Can Keep Their Wrongfully- Possessed Land. By SustainAtlanta on. May 17, 2019. • ( Leave a comment ) The Georgia Legislature once again tried to resurrect the idea of re-drawing the state’s northern border to gain access to more water. This time the governor wisely rejected the idea. ABOUT SUSTAINATLANTA About SustainAtlanta. SustainAtlanta is dedicated to promoting sustainable land use, development, and environmental policies in Atlanta and the Southeast region. Through advocacy and policy initiatives our mission is to enhance the livability of our urban areas while strengthening the region’s immense ecological diversity. JAPANESE ZONING: THE SOLUTION TO NIMBYISM? First, let’s quickly explore Japan’s zoning system. Japan largely zones communities on the federal level while here in the US we create zoning regulations on the local level, but Japan also utilizes a highly inclusive and simple zoning system. The country employs a hierarchical method that allows lower-use zones to be included inhigher-use
THE DAWSON FOREST SITE: ATLANTA'S INTRIGUING FORMER While the city of Atlanta may still want to the use the site for a second airport, the likelihood of this occurring seems ever more remote. A study back in 2011 that analyzed the feasibility of several sites in the area including the Dawson Forest site and the other likely airport site in Paulding Country found no feasible sites. Despite this report, officials still seem to be focused on the YOU DON’T OWN THAT PARKING SPOT IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSETHE PARKING SPOT COUPONSTHE PARKING SPOT DISCOUNT You Don’t Own That Parking Spot in Front of Your House. Smashed windows, eggs, acid, and angry notes. These are just some of the methods residents have used to show their dissatisfaction with people parking on public streets in front of their homes. Americans have largely grown up with the idea that parking is a right; a right sofundamental
ATLANTA SURGES IN GROWTH AS METRO AREA EXCEEDS 45% OFLARGEST METRO AREASLARGEST METRO AREAS IN AMERICALARGEST METRO AREAS IN CHINALARGEST METRO AREAS IN GALARGEST METRO AREAS IN THE USA Atlanta Surges in Growth as Metro Area Exceeds 45% of Georgia’s Population. In 2016 we wrote about Atlanta’s explosive growth since 2010 and nothing has changed over the past two years. In fact, Atlanta’s growth has accelerated since 2015 as the city gained 23,000 residents between 2015 and 2017 based on the latest US Censusestimates
ICE DISPLACES WATER, SO MELTING ICE WON’T CAUSE OCEANS TO Oceans will rise when ice melts because (1) sea water expands when it warms; and (2) lots of ice on land is melting ( i.e. ice that wasn’t already displacing water in the ocean). Add to that the fact that we’ve already observed the ocean actually rising as the Earth warms and ice melts. It won’t. CALIFORNIA’S JAPANESE-STYLE TAKEOVER OF LOCAL ZONING California has attempted to solve this problem by mimicking Japan’s model of having the state, not local communities, create basic zoning laws. Theoretically, this should reduce the influence of community activists. Of course, it hasn’t prevented the Sierra Club and othersfrom protesting.
THE FICTIONAL ALCOHOL LAW THAT’S DESTROYING LIVES The Metropolitan Washington, D.C., Council of Governments estimates that the hidden cost of bags is over $37 per person per year, while stores typically spend about $1,000 to $6,000 on bags monthly. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it’s estimated that between less than 1 percent and up to 3 percent of plastic bags consumed are actually recycled. REMEMBERING THE TIME ANDREW JACKSON DECIDED TO IGNORE THE “John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it.” Those are the famous words uttered by President Andrew Jackson in relation to U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall’s 1832 decision in Worcester v.Georgia to strike down a Georgia law that imposed regulations on the comings and goings of white people in Native American land.POLICY INITIATIVES
An individual adult oyster can filter pollutants out of 50 gallons of water per day; that’s more water than the average person will drink in 70 days. Furthermore, the scarcity and diminished size of the reef habitat that is increasingly becoming the norm can lead to overcrowding of larvae and poorly developed adult oysters, as well asreduced
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Weekly Links . Archive of weekly links . Atlanta/Urban Planning Oh Yeah, Transit Is Supposed to Go on The Beltline. From The AJC.Facing pressure from transit supporters, community advocates, and people who remember the point of projects, MARTA revised its funding of transit projects that will receive money from the $2.7 billion generated from the transit sales tax passed by Atlanta voters in 2016. 2019-2020 LEGISLATIVE SESSION 2019-2020 Legislative Session. The 2019-2020 Georgia Legislative Session kicked off its first session on January 14, 2019. It will re-convene in January 2020 for session two. We will be following bills related to local government, land use, transportation, planning, and environmental issues. Each week we will add any relevant new bills and THE DAWSON FOREST SITE: ATLANTA'S INTRIGUING FORMER While the city of Atlanta may still want to the use the site for a second airport, the likelihood of this occurring seems ever more remote. A study back in 2011 that analyzed the feasibility of several sites in the area including the Dawson Forest site and the other likely airport site in Paulding Country found no feasible sites. Despite this report, officials still seem to be focused on the WHEN IS A CITY NOT A CITY? When is a City Not a City? By SustainAtlanta on. January 6, 2016. • ( Leave a comment ) When the city is Peachtree Corners or Tucker, that’s when. At least according to Jeff Lanier, the Deputy Legislative Counsel for the Georgia Legislature. Under Mr. Lanier’s interpretation of the Georgia Constitution, the “City Lite”concept of
PUBLIC ACCESS TO BEACHES IS UNDER ATTACK Politics/Land Use Public Access to Beaches is Under Attack. From The Tampa Bay Times and SeaGrant Florida. Florida recently passed a law prohibiting local governments from passing ordinances designed to protect the public’s access to beaches.Under the Florida Constitution, the state holds in trust for the public all land from the mean high-tide outward (basically the wet sand of a beach). BEES IN THE CITY: IS YOUR URBAN APIARY ILLEGAL Updated 24-Feb-2018* Urban beekeeping provides sanctuary for bees and a source of pleasure and potential income for their caretakers. Studies show that city bees may produce more honey, enjoy greater food source biodiversity, and live longer lives than their rural and suburban counterparts.Urban bees generally don’t need to rely on the supplementation of high fructose corn SHOULD GEORGIA PAY PEOPLE TO KEEP THEIR YARDS WILD Weekly Links: Minnesota will pay people to make their yards more pollinator-friendly, the Supreme Court will decide if Georgia can copyright its laws, and THE SUPREME COURT CAN’T SOLVE THE WATER WARS The Supreme Court Can’t Solve the Water Wars. We’ve long held that the Supreme Court is a poor forum for resolving the war between Florida, Georgia, and Alabama over water use in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River River Basin (Basin). The underlying concerns played out in the Court’s June 27 opinion inFlorida v.
GEORGIA AIMS TO BRING SOLAR ENERGY TO A NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR Georgia Aims to Bring Solar Energy to a Neighborhood Near You. Last week Representative Mike Dudgeon introduced a bill designed to dramatically increase the availability of solar energy equipment to the average person. The Georgia Legislature was in recess last week, so instead of discussing new bills we’ll take a closer look at thisone.
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IT’S LIKELY EARTH’S SIX WARMEST YEARS ON RECORD ARE THE LAST SIXYEARS
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Weekly Links: Minnesota will pay people to make their yards more pollinator-friendly, the Supreme Court will decide if Georgia can copyright its laws, and the southeastern hurricane shield may becoming to end.
GEORGIA GOVERNOR SAYS NORTH CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE CAN KEEP THEIR WRONGFULLY- POSSESSED LANDBy SustainAtlanta
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The Georgia Legislature once again tried to resurrect the idea of re-drawing the state’s northern border to gain access to more water. This time the governor wisely rejected the idea. GEORGIA TENANTS CAN NOW SAFELY REPORT ILLEGAL HOUSINGBy SustainAtlanta
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Now that the first part of the 2019-2020 Georgia Legislative Session has ended, here’s a rundown of a few things that did and did notpass.
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Weekly Links: Georgia lawmakers are getting serious about taxing Uber and Lyft to pay for transit. Also, when more women are included in the map-making process, maps end up better reflecting communities. And, Oregon imposes the first state-wide cap on rent increases. THE HIGH COST OF FLOODED PARKING (AND SIDEWALKS)By SustainAtlanta
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