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Wed., February 13, 2013 8:37am
Atlanta is one of 43 communities nationwide that has been chosen to receive technical assistance from the Environmental Protection Agency to promote smart growth.
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Fri., January 25, 2013 11:03am
Two subsidiaries of an international chemical company have agreed to pay more than $800,000 in two settlements for violations of federal chemical and pesticide laws. The Environmental Protection Agency announced it reached a settlement Thursday with Kemira Chemicals and Kemira Water Solutions
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Mon., December 17, 2012 7:00am
The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, Appalachian Voices, the Southern Environmental Law Center and the North Carolina Conservation Network have launched a new website about coal ash impoundments. The online tool comes four years after the failure of a massive coal ash dam in Kingston,Tennessee.
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Thu., August 23, 2012 3:38pm
Gov. Nathan Deal is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to suspend the federal requirement to add ethanol to gasoline, joining livestock and poultry farmers and several other governors who’ve made similar requests because of the price of corn.
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Wed., August 22, 2012 10:30am
Attorneys general from Georgia and Alabama have applauded a 2-1 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia that overturned a regulation clamping down on power plant pollution that contributes to unhealthy air crossing state lines.
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Wed., August 8, 2012 10:28am
Georgia Tech is one of five schools to receive federal grants for researching new ways to improve air quality and to track the effectiveness of pollution control measures. Georgia Tech is supposed to develop a system for estimating and minimizing the impacts of prescribed burning on air quality, particularly in Georgia.
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Tue., July 24, 2012 3:54pm
The EPA is reconsidering federal standards for air emissions. Any changes could impact Plant Washington in Sandersville. EPA calls reconsideration "routine".
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Fri., July 20, 2012 3:56pm
Environmental officials are doing more tests on Monroe County wells that have unsafe levels of radon and uranium. The U-S Environmental Protection Agency, along with state and local officials, began collecting water sampleslast week from up to 50 homes. The testing goes through the end of July. Officials hope the data might tell them why some people are getting sick.
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Fri., June 8, 2012 3:56pm
Small UGA study finds well water near Scherer ash pond safe. Residents south of plant want their water tested as well. Uranium levels in some places 21 times the safety limit.
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Thu., April 5, 2012 11:00am
Glynn County Commission spokeswoman Candice Temple says the agency recently issued a certificate declaring the site ready for commercial and industrial use and as a detention facility.
