In the mills of Northwest Georgia, workers treated carpets with chemicals colloquially known as forever chemicals starting in the 1970s. The chemicals were carried in manufacturing wastewater and spread into rivers and drinking water.
A new study published in the journal Nature Communications details the risks of sea level rise to industrial facilities including those on Georgia’s coast.
In an episode that reflects the increased reliance of the Savannah River estuary on the mechanical injection of oxygen, Savannah last week reported a major sewage spill in the harbor.
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a rollback of some rules around the management of so-called coal ash, the toxic material left after burning coal to generate electricity.
After years of polluting by the water industry, a report planned for release in the coming days could lead to tightened regulation while also prompting an expensive modernization drive.
Agriculture is Georgia’s top industry, and broilers are the state’s top farm product. But the mess that large-scale poultry farming causes can create tensions between residents and corporate owners.
A report from Emory University scientists shows some people in the Coastal Georgia city have been exposed to toxic chemicals left over from Superfund sites.
The Chattahoochee Riverkeeper considers Fulton County pollution drama as a reason to sound the alarm over the now-uncertain future of the U.S. Geological Survey’s South Atlantic Water Science Center in Norcross.
