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Tue., December 18, 2012 12:54pm
Georgia's environmental chief says he wants to continue talks with South Carolina over saltwater intrusion on the coast. A committee for years has been discussing ways to stop a saltwater plume that's contaminating wells near Savannah. But the committee hasn't met in months and South Carolina officials are calling more loudly for action.
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Mon., December 10, 2012 1:00pm
Environmental regulators in Georgia are holding another meeting this week on how to speed up the issuance of environmental permits. A law passed this year requires the Environmental Protection Division to create a process to expedite permits for entities willing to pay a special fee.
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Mon., October 1, 2012 5:04am
Starting Monday, the state no longer prohibits burning yard waste and debris in much of north Georgia. The annual ban is designed to improve air quality and protect health.
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Mon., August 27, 2012 4:00am
State officials aren't saying much about the state's latest drought. In contrast to the two-year 2007 drought, the response this time around has been muted. National Weather Service officials consider about two-thirds of Georgia in drought. In the last drought, then-Governor Sonny Perdue declared a state of emergency and famously prayed for rain.
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Tue., July 24, 2012 7:31am
A Bulloch County judge has ruled the state Environmental Protection Division’s consent order with a Screven County textile mill is invalid because state officials did not have a public hearing.
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Fri., May 25, 2012 6:54am
The state Department of Natural Resources has issued a warning about the Ogeechee River in Bulloch and Effingham counties after 10 dead fish were found. The state Environmental Protection Division is doing tests to determine what killed the fish.
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Thu., November 17, 2011 5:33pm
Low pH balance levels killed fish in Reedy and Brier creeks in Jefferson and Burke Counties, according to a state investigation.
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Thu., October 20, 2011 3:28pm
Since the end of May thousands of fish have died in three separate incidents. Ogeechee River, Commissioner Creek, and Brier Creek impacted. EPD officials still investigating.
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Wed., October 5, 2011 3:28pm
People living along the Ogeechee River in South Georgia are demanding third party oversight of the waterway. They don’t trust the Environmental Protection Division to oversee a company that was illegally polluting the river for years. After a massive fish kill in May, the EPD found King America Finishing Company had been dumping flame retardant into the river illegally for five years.
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Sun., September 25, 2011 11:09pm
Georgians affected by the illegal pollution of the Ogeechee River for the past five years aren’t satisfied with the Environmental Protection Division’s handling of the case. The EPD reached a one million dollar settlement with the company even though, under Georgia law, the fine could have been much higher.
