{"655809":{"#nid":"655809","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Georgians want the state to take a stand on climate change","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERoughly 60 percent of Georgians want state leaders to set goals to reduce the effects of climate change, according to a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/news\/item\/655636\/nearly-thirds-georgians-support-immediate-action-climate-survey-shows\u0022\u003Erecently released poll\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;by Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;Some local governments like Atlanta have created climate\u0026nbsp;strategies but Georgia has no state-level plan to curtail carbon emissions and address a global problem.\u0026nbsp;Commissioned for use by climate researchers, the survey was designed by Georgia Tech and University of Georgia professors affiliated with\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.drawdownga.org\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EDrawdown Georgia\u003C\/a\u003E, an initiative that lays out policy ideas the state could use to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/cobb-dr-kim\u0022\u003EKim Cobb\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;Georgia Power Chair and ADVANCE Professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, and\u0026nbsp;Director of Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/globalchange.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGlobal Change Program\u003C\/a\u003E, is on Drawdown Georgia\u0026#39;s core research team. (Coverage of this story also appeared in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/georgians-want-state-stance-climate-112003665.html\u0022\u003EYahoo! News\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2022-02-28 15:53:38","changed_gmt":"2022-02-28 15:53:38","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/atlanta\/2022\/02\/25\/georgia-climate-change-survey","dateline":{"date":"2022-02-25T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2022-02-25T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"33791","name":"kim cobb"},{"id":"177439","name":"global change program"},{"id":"185254","name":"Drawdown Georgia"},{"id":"831","name":"climate change"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}