Mon., March 22, 2010 11:05am (EDT)

Articles Tagged "water wars"

  • Thu., March 18, 2010 5:10pm
    Bill Regulating Water Transfers Introduced
    Democratic and Republican Lawmakers from North Georgia are pushing a bill that would require a permit to transfer water from a river basin to Metro Atlanta.
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  • Wed., January 6, 2010 9:14am
    States Want Confidential Water Talks
    Officials with Georgia, Florida and Alabama are asking a judge to keep their negotiations in the long-running legal fight over water rights confidential.
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  • Mon., December 21, 2009 2:56pm
    Governor Talks Water Transfers
    Governor Sonny Perdue says communities shouldn't be territorial when it comes to sharing water with Atlanta.
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  • Fri., December 11, 2009 3:04pm
    Water Task Force Huddles
    Another meeting of the water task force is being held today. It’s the group put together by Governor Sonny Perdue following a federal judge’s ruling this summer that puts metro Atlanta’s water from Lake Lanier in peril.
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  • Wed., December 9, 2009 3:26pm
    River Basin Stakeholders Aim To Protect Their Needs
    A new group trying to protect local interests along the Chattahoochee River says it’s encouraged by a governors meeting next week to negotiate water-sharing between Georgia, Florida and Alabama. But they say their voice needs to be heard to protect as we
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  • Mon., December 7, 2009 1:23pm
    Governors Set Water Meeting
    The governors of Georgia, Florida and Alabama have set a date to meet over the issue of the ongoing water dispute between the three states.
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  • Wed., November 18, 2009 8:40am
    New Attorney Leads Georgia Water Appeal
    There’s a new attorney in-place to handle Georgia’s appeal of a water ruling from this summer. Seth Waxman, a former U.S. solicitor general, takes the reigns.
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  • Wed., November 4, 2009 9:54am
    Water Wars Governors Get Letter
    Members of Congress from Alabama, Florida and Georgia have sent a letter to the governors of the three states urging them to act quickly in resolving the ongoing water dispute.
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  • Wed., October 28, 2009 2:15pm
    Governors Told: Get Moving On Water Talks
    Water-sharing was the subject of a meeting today between most of Georgia’s congressmen and Georgia U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson with some of their counterparts from Alabama and Florida. All in attendance agreed the governors of the three states need to be
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  • Tue., October 27, 2009 11:35am
    Georgia Congressmen Call For Water Meeting
    Georgia’s congressional delegation has called for a meeting with fellow congressmen from Alabama and Florida over the issue of water-sharing between the three states. The invitation if accepted would set the table for a discussion to take place Wednesday
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