{"57525":{"#nid":"57525","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Atlanta looks to shrink carbon footprint","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAtlanta Journal Constitution\u003C\/em\u003E - March 18, 2009 (Saporta Report)\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt takes about the same amount of heat-trapping gases to power the city of Atlanta\u0027s government as it does to drive 98,000 cars, according to a report released Tuesday by the city.  Atlanta\u0027s greenhouse gas inventory, developed by a Georgia Tech student-faculty team, is Step 1 of a goal set by Mayor Shirley Franklin to reduce the city government\u0027s carbon footprint 7 percent by 2012. Franklin was one of the first mayors in the country to sign on to the U.S. Mayor\u0027s Conference Climate Protection Agreement in 2005, in lieu of federal action.  \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/metro\/content\/metro\/atlanta\/stories\/2009\/03\/17\/atlanta_carbon_footprint.html\u0022\u003ERead more\u0026gt;\u0026gt;\u0026gt;\u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2009-03-18 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:25","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-03-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-03-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"57458","name":"ISyE External News"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}