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Tue., October 11, 2011 3:51pm
A coastal-area environmental group and five public agencies have come together to clear up confusion about fish advisories in the Brunswick area. The partnership aims to put in one place the myriad advice fishermen receive about which fish to eat, where to catch them and how much is too much. State officials produce a 60 page book on the topic.
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Wed., October 5, 2011 2:28pm
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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Fri., May 27, 2011 3:51pm
State environmental officials don't want people to fish in the Ogeechee River until they can find out what killed thousands of fish. A massive fish kill late last week stunk up the meandering Southeast Georgia waterway. The state Environmental Protection Division blamed a bacteria not known to harm humans.
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Mon., December 27, 2010 3:13pm
A recent report from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says pollution in industry heavy Richmond County is on the decline. The EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory tracks chemicals released to land, air and water by industries across the country.
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Wed., July 28, 2010 12:42pm
Environment Georgia reported that beach closings and advisories due to pollution went up the last year in Georgia, totaling 209 days of closed or under advisory beaches. The numbers are according to the Natural Resource Defense Council's 20th annual beach water quality report.
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Fri., May 14, 2010 1:39pm
The heavily-polluted Savannah River will be an experiment in cap-and-trade
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Tue., May 4, 2010 2:04pm
Tests on fish in the Ogeechee and Canoochee Rivers spell danger for lovers
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Fri., October 23, 2009 1:57pm
The Savannah River Ecology Lab was awarded $2.6 million in American Recover
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Thu., October 22, 2009 12:26pm
A new report released by a Georgia-based environmental group shows high lev
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Wed., September 30, 2009 1:11pm
A bill that will give chlorine manufacturers like Olin a set time limit for
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