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Oglethorpe Power breaks ground on $3.3B Monroe natural gas plant to meet rising demand

Georgia’s growing electricity demand is driving another major natural gas expansion, with Oglethorpe Power breaking ground Thursday on a $3.3 billion natural gas power plant in Monroe County.

May 11, 2026
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  • Margaret Walker
Professor Michelle Moyer and Georgia College and State University students use their binoculars to look at an orchard oriole while conducting field research at Andalusia Farm on Friday, April 17, 2026, in Milledgeville, Ga. Katie Tucker/The Telegraph

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A tiny, ‘gorgeous’ bird is vanishing from Georgia wetlands. GCSU is tracking them

Georgia College & State University students are studying a species the Department of Natural Resources has listed as a “greatest conservation need,” as part of a state-funded effort to understand its decline.

April 21, 2026
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By:
  • Margaret Walker and
  • The Telegraph
Unlined coal ash landfills at Georgia Power’s Plant Arkwright being consolidated into a single lined landfill on the bank of the Ocmulgee River in September of 2023. Grant Blankenship/GPB News

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Georgia Power plans to truck 2M tons of coal ash through Macon. How will it work?

Georgia Power is preparing to dispose of more than two million tons of toxic coal ash currently stored in ponds at Plant Arkwright in Macon, the power company announced to neighbors of the plant Feb. 18 during an informational session.

February 26, 2026
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  • Margaret Walker and
  • The Telegraph
New natural gas turbine delivered to Georgia Power’s Plant Yates. Courtesy of Georgia Power

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Second natural gas turbine arrives at Georgia Power’s Plant Yates

The second of three new Mitsubishi Power natural gas turbines has arrived at Plant Yates in Coweta County, Georgia Power announced Monday in a news release.

December 16, 2025
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  • Margaret Walker and
  • The Telegraph
A downed tree at Smith-Gaudry Park in Savannah after Hurricane Helene on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024.

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How a new Georgia project is helping rebuild forests after Hurricane Helene

Georgia is getting creative to help people hurt by Hurricane Helene in an effort to rebuild forested areas.

November 04, 2025
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