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News Articles: coastal georgia

The Hercules Outfall ditch

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Study shows high exposure to PCBs in Brunswick

Next steps include educating health care providers in the area and planning for a larger study

 

September 25, 2023
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By:
  • Mary Landers and
  • The Current
Public defender Tobe Karrh (left in suit) looks on at evidence projected onto a screen in the felony murder trial of his client Varshan Brown (center in blue shirt) on Sept. 12, 2023, in the killing of his cousin Latoya James. James was killed by police during a drug raid, according to court testimony.

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DA prosecutes Camden murder trial from 2021 fatal police raid

Prosecutors say Varshan Brown caused the death of his cousin, despite police firing the fatal shots.

September 18, 2023
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  • Jake Shore

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Why don’t Coastal Georgia warehouses have solar on their roofs?

Coastal Georgia boasts an abundance of sunshine and a rapidly growing abundance of warehouses. But rarely do these two combine to produce electricity from rooftop solar. 

September 18, 2023
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By:
  • Mary Landers
Idalia Path

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Check here: Tropical weather resources for Coastal Georgia

With Tropical Storm Idalia expected to impact Coastal Georgia Wednesday, it’s a good time to review where the best local information on tropical weather and emergency planning resides.

August 29, 2023
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By:
  • Mary Landers
Using an infrared thermometer to measure the heat put out by an LED light bulb.

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Georgia’s Black churches look to go green

Churches are taking advantage of federal funds for energy efficiency and solar panels, made available through the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.

August 15, 2023
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By:
  • Mary Landers
The mock-up of KAT-5 Studios' vision for the sound stage in Savannah, located on their website. / The Current

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What’s missing for Savannah film success?

Sound stage project stalls, leaving gaps in area’s production portfolio

July 28, 2023
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By:
  • Audrey Gibbs
Right whale Catalog #2029 ‘Viola’ and calf sighted on Jan. 6, 2023, approximately 11 nautical miles off Cumberland Island. Catalog #2029 is 33 years old and this is her fourth calf.

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Fact check: Expanded right whale speed rules

In opposing an expansion to a federal rule meant to protect endangered right whales, U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter makes exaggerated and inaccurate claims.

July 27, 2023
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By:
  • Mary Landers
Mallory Mintz collecting water samples off the dock at Skidaway.

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Tracking algal blooms on the Georgia coast

Skidaway researcher, volunteers keep tabs on tiny organisms that can have a big effect on waterways

 

July 19, 2023
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By:
  • Mary Landers
Map

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5 things: Hyundai development

What’s in the promises and the plans.

July 05, 2023
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By:
  • Maggie Lee
A right whale with scars

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Georgia GOP congressman swims against environmental tide opposing right whale protection proposal

Republican U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter of Pooler joined Senate counterparts in taking a preemptive legislative strike this month to a rule that the marine associations claim will be financially detrimental and further hinder a vessel’s ability to navigate heavily trafficked shipping ports in Savannah and Brunswick.

June 29, 2023
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
While approving construction of 16 warehouses since January 2022, Liberty County does not have a map of where its fire hydrants are located. County Manager Joey Brown said they are working to create one. Credit:Justin Taylor/The Current

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Development continues as Liberty County fire protection lags

The fire department is short on people and equipment as warehouse and residential builds continue to be approved.

May 30, 2023
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By:
  • Jake Shore
Right whale and calf off little St. Simons Archipeligo (right whale catalog #3370) and her new calf swim off Little St. Simons on Dec. 8, 2022.

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Underwater robot deployed to aid endangered right whales

With spring well underway, the North Atlantic right whales that migrated to Georgia to give birth here over the winter have migrated back north to their feeding grounds off New England and Canada.

May 29, 2023
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By:
  • Mary Landers
 Red knots fatten up on Georgia beaches before migrating north to the Arctic to raise young. Credit: Fletcher Smith/GA DNR

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Georgia’s coast provides a critical refuge for this shorebird

A helicopter survey provides a snapshot of the red knot population in Coastal Georgia.

May 23, 2023
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By:
  • Mary Landers
An illustration of the proposed Camden Spaceport site

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A Camden grand juror speaks on the spaceport investigation

With limited time and a deluge of documents, the last grand jury made little headway, but it instructed its successors to continue the probe.

April 26, 2023
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By:
  • Mary Landers
The Pinova plastic resin manufacturing plant in Brunswick, Georgia caught on fire on Saturday April 15, 2023. A mandatory evacuation was ordered for everyone within a 0.5 mile radius from the plant.

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  • Environment

Records show Pinova stumbles in complying with regulations

A recent fire at the plant has not been linked to regulatory noncompliance but the investigation is ongoing.

April 19, 2023
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By:
  • Mary Landers
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