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- Obama to spell out rebates for energy efficiency
President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to pass a series of rebates for people who take steps to make their homes more energy efficient.
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- Only on 12: North Augusta High student works to get solar panels donated to school
Junior Byron Thomas' letter-writing campaign led to thousands of dollars in solar panels being donated. The installation won't cost anything either.
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- Columbia County opens its first recycling center
Columbia County's first dedicated recycling center opened Monday on Chamblin Road in Grovetown.
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- Georgia energy-related sales tax holiday to begin
Energy-saving and water-efficient products will be sold without sales taxes in Georgia for a four-day period beginning Thursday.
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- Aiken hydrogen houses could cost nothing to power
Chucker Creek Elementary students broke ground on a new kind of enery-efficient home in an Aiken subdivision. They may be the future but the home is being called a home of the present.
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- New plans for Hammond's Ferry expansion rolled out
The proposed modifications to the Hammond's Ferry Expansion were laid out by the planners, and there's good environment news as well as good budget news for the City of North Augusta's budget.
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- On Your Side: New S.C. plant turns chicken fat into biodiesel fuel
Green Valley Biofuels will be turning chicken fat and vegetable oils into biodiesel fuel for use in diesel engines. This secret recipe isn't made from herbs and spices, but trial and error.
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- Edgefield County dumping site cleaned up
News 12 has learned that a dump site behind an Edgefield County middle school has been cleared up.
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- State orders dumping ground behind school to close immediately
SC DHEC tells News 12 they have told the Edgefield County School District to immediately clean up and shut down their dumping site behind a local middle school.
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- Possible illegal dumping ground at Edgefield Co. school
It's a place where the Edgefield Co. School District dumps all of their yard debris, wood debris and old desks, among other things. We investigate to find out why it's there and why other things, like chemicals, are in the trash.
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- Dumping site in Edgefield County
School district says intruders are responsible for any illegal dumping.
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- On Your Side: More stimulus money for you; big recall on popular appliance
More stimulus money could be coming in to help encourage you to buy more energy efficient appliances. And speaking of appliances, a popular one is being recalled because it could burn you and your family.
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- New Augusta hotel features 'green' technology
From the linens to the lights, this new South Augusta hotel says it is leading the way in environmentally friendly technology among local hotels.
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- Only on 12: Augusta company to make world premiere on CBS Early Show
An Augusta company is making a debut next week in New York, and you'll see them on the CBS Early Show.
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- Report: clean energy jobs grew fast in Georgia
A new report says clean energy jobs in Georgia grew at a rate faster than the national average from 1998 to 2007.
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- Working at the landfill
Imagine working on a big hill, and it's all trash. We followed some of the workers at the Richmond County landfill, and their main message to you: use a recycle bin.
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- A tour of the landfill
Earth Day was just last week, and more and more people are trying to conserve. That includes recycling and cutting down on what we throw away.
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- Some people "Going Green" for good
As John Cooper helps customers decide whether to go green on the roadway, it's more than just his job, it's a way of life.
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- Hydrogen powered, "green" home to be built in Aiken
Going green. It's the new wave in housing and Aiken is on the cutting edge. The Ridge at Chukker Creek, in Aiken, announced it will build a hydrogen powered home for extreme green homeowners.
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- On Your Side: Getting paid to carpool
Going green is all the rage these days and some folks are getting paid to do it. And you can earn a little extra money by helping the environment too just by joining in.
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- Feds: Audit of SC nuclear complex whitewashed
Federal investigators say a company managing South Carolina's Savannah River Site nuclear complex altered its 2007 financial audit to justify expenses to the government.
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- Coca-Cola Recycling Plant Opens in Spartanburg
Coke wants to recycle and reuse all its bottles and cans in the U.S.
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- Going Green catching on
The phrase "going green" is becoming more and more popular, as people try to be more environmentally friendly.
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- Georgia Forestry offers inexpensive seedlings
Several species of pine and hardwood are now available at low cost, can be ordered by phone, and delivered to the local county forestry unit for pick up by purchasers.
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- DOE selects Savannah River Remediation, LLC for liquid waste contract
The objective of the Liquid Waste contract is to achieve closure of the SRS liquid waste tanks in compliance with the Federal Facilities Agreement, utilizing the Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF) and Saltstone Facility.
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- Ga. governor questions Fla. argument in water wars
Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue is offering new thoughts on the water wars, wondering how Florida can preach that Georgia isn't concerned about the environment when it's allowed development along its coastline.
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- More than 600 people meet to talk drought conditions
It's a new record setting drought for Lake Thurmond. And hundreds of people met tonight in McCormick County to talk about the impact of the low water levels.
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- Delay on Savannah River water flow decision
The Army Corps of Engineers will not be able to make an expedited decision on whether to restrict water flow in the Savannah River Valley.
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- Vogtle expansion plans hit river roadblock
There's a possible holdup in plans to add two more nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle in Burke County.
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- SC Drought Response Committee meets
The South Carolina Drought Response Committee is again assessing how the state is dealing with the dry weather.
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- Sales tax holiday on energy efficient applicances
If you're looking to save money in more than one way, you can shop now through Sunday for great deals!
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- Harlem Public Works director charged with clean water act violations
The federal grand jury sitting in Savannah has returned an eleven count indictment against Daniel Webster Cason, the Public Works Director for the City of Harlem.
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- Augusta ranks among top cities for air pollution
The numbers are out about the air you breathe. Georgia and California are the only states with five cities in the Top 25 for the most air pollution; Augusta is one of those cities.
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- Water restrictions coming to SC?
A special drought committee will meet in a few weeks to see if any water restrictions are needed in South Carolina.
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- "Monumental" conservation deal
The nation's largest producer of cane sugar has reached a tentative agreement to get out of the business and sell its nearly 300 square miles in the Everglades to the state of Florida.
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- SUV's going MIA
Local dealers are reporting a drop-off in SUV and truck sales by as much as 10 to 20 percent in the past few months. Nationally, that number is closer to 30 percent.
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- Bill passed to make schools "Go Green"
The bill is now facing a veto from the White House.
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- EPD finds environmental threat at biodiesel plant
An environmental threat was found at the site of Tuesday's (August 21) deadly explosion at an Augusta biodiesel plant.
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