{"590937":{"#nid":"590937","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"2017\u0027s Greenest States","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EValerie Thomas, Anderson Interface Professor of Natural Systems\u0026nbsp;in the Ivan Allen College School of Public Policy, was quoted in \u0026ldquo;2017\u0026#39;s Greenest States\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;by\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EWalletHub\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEco-friendliness and personal finance are essentially cousins. Not only are our environmental and financial necessities aligned \u0026mdash; providing ourselves with sustainable, clean drinking water and nutritious sustenance, for example \u0026mdash; but we also spend money on both the household and government levels in support of environmental security.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThen there\u0026rsquo;s climate change. We\u0026rsquo;ve already seen a rise in powerful land-bearing storm systems and extreme droughts. But that\u0026rsquo;s just the beginning, as storm surges and other bad weather are expected to cause more than\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/news.sciencemag.org\/climate\/2014\/12\/climate-change-could-cost-u-s-coasts-1-trillion-2100\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E$500 billion\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in property damage by the year 2100. Climate change will also have a direct impact on our military industrial complex, as nearly all of our East Coast air and naval installations are\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ucsusa.org\/global-warming\/global-warming-impacts\/sea-level-rise-flooding-us-military-bases#.WPBTH1PyuRs\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Evulnerable to sea-level rise\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article, read\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/wallethub.com\/edu\/greenest-states\/11987\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28513","created_gmt":"2017-04-25 19:45:08","changed_gmt":"2017-04-25 19:45:08","author":"Daniel Singer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"gt japanese","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/wallethub.com\/edu\/greenest-states\/11987","dateline":{"date":"2017-04-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-04-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"581862":{"id":"581862","type":"image","title":"Valerie Thomas","body":null,"created":"1475155087","gmt_created":"2016-09-29 13:18:07","changed":"1475155087","gmt_changed":"2016-09-29 13:18:07","alt":"Valerie Thomas","file":{"fid":"221789","name":"valerie082b.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/valerie082b.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/valerie082b.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":973860,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/valerie082b.jpg?itok=jf5NNuIm"}}},"media_ids":["581862"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":""}}}