Our local television news operations are good at a number of things. Delivering spot news, weather and interviews with high school football players are among these. Unfortunately, tight deadlines usually prevent them from fully exploring complex issues, which can’t be told with two interviews and some b-roll. Russ Riesigner’s “Drilling for Answers” report, which aired […]

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Tonight’s City of Savannah town hall meeting served as a launch, of a sort. Introduced was the city’s “Thrive: Environment • Economy • Community” theme. During the meeting, the mayor and city council publicly took the “Thrive Pledge.” It reads:
“I will strive to understand the social and environmental consequences of my actions and pledge to […]

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An Aug. 20 meeting at the Savannah Civic Center will, “present background information on current environmental initiatives, including our organization’s goals to reduce carbon emissions and the upcoming launch of curbside recycling,” according to the city’s Web site. In addition, “Citizens are encouraged to share their ideas and pledge to make changes in their own […]

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The Savannah Morning News Web site now has a green corner. Called, “Green Living,” the new area of the newspaper’s site corrals stories with environmental angles, provides links to local Web sites (Sustainable Savannah is oddly absent from these) and features a blog by Mary Landers, the paper’s environment reporter. As far as I can […]

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In the wake the Savannah city council’s approval of a contract with Pratt Recycling, local media have been devoting attention to the issue. The round up includes:
“No sorting required: Council approves ’single-stream’ recycling,” by Linda Sickler in Connect Savannah.
And
“Savannah’s recycling initiative sets example,” by Eric Curl in the Savannah Morning News.
Also of note in the […]

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