Environmental policy book to be released in Chapel Hill

From The Daily Tarheel, 8/20:

The Center for a Better South will hold the first of 11 press conferences across the South at 10 a.m. today to unveil a new book of environmental ideas for Southern policymakers.

The conference will be held at Smith Middle School, a school built in an environmentally sensitive manner. The school is located at 9201 Seawell School Road. One of the chapters of the book calls on state lawmakers across the South to build more green buildings.

The book, "Getting Greener: Progressive Environmental Ideas for the American South," also includes a chapter on strategies that consumers can take to reduce their environmental impact.

Also:

• Visit our new Web site that supports the book: GettingGreener.info.
  
  
• List of press conferences around the South this week.