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Saving Praise Houses Before Their African Lineage Is Forgotten

Coastal Georgia shrimpers fear loss of industry as foreign seafood crowds market

Sapelo community listed among state’s places in peril

Liberty County property owners will pay higher taxes

Dixville residents voice flooding concerns to city

OSHA: Construction worker’s death at Hyundai site could’ve been prevented

Dr. Amir Toure Speaks on the Methyl Bromide Proposal in Liberty County

Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation Announces Its 2024 List of State’s 10 Places in Peril

Polluting Industries Say the Cost of Cleaner Air Is Too High

Catholic sisters revive pressure on companies to protect the Okefenokee

The Long Journey: Hope for Georgia’s Loggerhead Sea Turtle (The Nature Conservancy)

Warehouse boom threatens coastal Georgia communities, environmental groups say

Coastal Health District monitoring potential illnesses related to chemical spill in Effingham County

GPA discusses harbor modifications, USACE dredging at Brunswick State of the Port

Chatham Commissioners vote to file opposition to Little Neck Road annexation in West Chatham

Operator Sought for Sapelo Community Center

DNR quiet on Okefenokee-related permit

Concerns over effects of local chemical plant in Rincon

This critically endangered whale is trying to make a comeback. Humans keep killing them.

Hog Hammock residents take commissioners to court

Baby sea turtles battle rising seas on Georgia’s coast

Ports authority proposes another Savannah Harbor deepening project

Hogg Hummock residents challenge zoning in court

New project to explore history of Okefenokee’s Black conservationists

The American Factory Boom and the Towns it’s Changing

Savannah’s port files plans for huge expansion. This time on an island

City, county should help financially support chemical study (Opinion)

Okefenokee on track to World Heritage Site status

Billionaire ex-wife of Amazon founder donates $1.6M to Coastal Community Health

Opinion: Clean energy, free enterprise go well together

Balancing Cultural Preservation with Wildlife Protection (Harris Neck)

Environmental contamination lawsuit remanded to local court

Retreat shows some progress on topics

Pollutant exposure in Brunswick (Coast Watch)

Bigger beach homes threaten Gullah Geechee culture on Georgia’s coast

Slave descendants vow to fight on after Georgia county approves larger homes for island enclave

Origin of Sapelo zoning proposal uncertain; residents want their say

Slave descendants on Georgia island fighting to keep protections that helped them keep their land

‘Alarming’ scale of marine sand dredging laid bare by new data platform

‘Tidal wave’ of new warehouses pushes residents out, changes coastal landscape

Fact check: Expanded right whale speed rules

Community cites history, heritage in battle against rural Chatham warehouse development

Industrial expansion comes to quiet Buckhalter Road in Chatham County

Members hope to preserve historic Oakland Missionary Baptist Church

Environmental racism is polluting Savannah’s predominantly Black neighborhoods. Take action.

Travel + Leisure Readers’ 15 Favorite Islands in the Continental U.S. of 2023 (Golden Isles wins #1)

Georgia is making its first-ever climate change plan

Hit the brakes? Bryan Co. limits rezoning requests near Hyundai EV factory site

Management plan for Vernon River finalized; seeks to tamp down e. Coli, litter and more

As ships continue to strike and kill right whales, a top New England Aquarium scientist pushes for a solution

Conservationists: Supreme Court decision leaves Georgia wetlands unprotected, at risk

Condo residents worry about addition to U.S. 17 apartment complex

Rincon residents protest proposed storage facility

The Supreme Court just shriveled federal protection for wetlands

Clearing the air: Contractors build concrete plants at Hyundai without air pollution permits

Georgia recreational, commercial oyster season to close for summer

Development continues as Liberty County fire protection lags

Georgia’s coast provides a critical refuge for this shorebird

Savannah’s sea level is rising faster than other coastal cities. How is that possible?

Wild Georgia: Migrating shorebirds feast on horseshoe crab eggs

Pinova fire still under investigation

Pembroke is 10 miles from Hyundai EV plant. The city is already becoming Bryan’s boomtown.

Dredging paused in Brunswick during sea turtle nesting until environmental review is complete

Corps halts plans for spring, summer dredging in Brunswick

US agency plans deeper study of sea turtles, dredging threat

Turbulence roils waters despite Georgia law to calm tensions between anglers, riverside landowners

EPA, Ossoff announce $4 billion in federal funding for port electrification

SpaceX Faces Reckoning after Starship’s Messy First Flight

Political Rewind: In conversation with Rev. Dr. Joanna Adams on God, faith, and prayer

Trucks, roundabouts and speeding cars: Traffic issues near Hyundai plant draw scrutiny

Sen. Ossoff Working to Protect Gullah Geechee Communities from Coastal Flooding & Sea-Level Rise

First City Progress: Port Wentworth moratorium extended; warehouse near Enmarket Arena sold

City planning commission to consider revised apartment complex plans

Officials: Local departments not equipped to handle Pinova fire

A Whale’s Perspective: Using Tags to Understand North Atlantic Right Whales

Horses of Cumberland file suit

Newly proposed warehouse site would impact local residents water supply

Green Gala 2023 Tree Champion – Dale Thorpe

National Park Service Sued Over Cumberland Island National Seashore’s Feral Horses

Report: Okefenokee Swamp among country’s ‘most endangered’ waterways

Pooler Main Street Master Plan to revitalize city’s historic core

Investigation underway into cause, impacts of Brunswick chemical fire

Military, conservation groups join to transform Ceylon tract

Delay could kill apartment complex, developer said

City planning commission to resume discussion of apartment complex

First City Progress: Georgia Ports see cargo slowdown, but don’t ring the alarm just yet

Horseshoe crab harvesting closed on 30 SC beaches under federal agreement reached this week

Mining project has some support

Last month’s Weeping Time commemoration another reminder to not forget the past

Community comes out in droves to oppose development of Pine Island and St. Helenaville

First building has gone vertical at Hyundai Metaplant America as hiring questions raised

Georgia lawmakers slogged through bipartisan attempts to protect Okefenokee, sinking in the end

U.S. Senate clears measure to undo Biden WOTUS rule on wetlands

Planning commissioners hear update on U.S. 17 apartment complex

OPINION: Geechee descendants deserve input on Sapelo land deals

Geechee descendants on Sapelo Island fight to protect representation on state board

Amendments to HB273 puts two descendants of Thomas Spalding slaves on Sapelo Island Heritage Authority

Mining proposal draws 170K public comments

Fed scientists ID ‘critical shortcomings’ in plan to mine near Okefenokee

Okefenokee Comments, Glynn testing (Coast Watch)

Kiwanis hosts preservation advocates

Darien Rep. says HB273 was not to diminish Gullah culture on Sapelo

Hog Hammock’s Geechee residents push to keep cultural representation on authority board

LCEMA conducting hurricane survey

‘This is our last stand’: House Bill could have impacts on Sapelo Island

Senate Committee on Natural Resources and the Environ.: House Bill 273 Meeting Recording

GA House of Reps: House Bill 71 (Okefenokee Protection Act) Hearing Recording

Supporters of mine near Okefenokee hint at lawsuit if Georgia lawmakers pass bill protecting swamp

A bill in Georgia could disenfranchise descendants of enslaved Africans on Sapelo Island

Erosion of small-town life? Industrial growth in Bryan marries opportunity with trepidation

MPC rejects mobile home rezoning

U.S. sea-level report cards: 2022 once again trends toward acceleration

Input sought for county’s comprehensive plan

The Okefenokee experience: Written in the stars

No movement yet on new right whale rules

The trouble with horses on Cumberland Island

Republican, Democratic lawmakers in GA are trying to protect Okefenokee Swamp. Here’s how.

This year’s Marsh Madness litter cleanup biggest yet

Political Rewind: Issues in Athens, Macon, and Savannah on housing, homelessness, and environment

Legislative roundup: Environmental bills under consideration by Georgia lawmakers

Residents, scientists slam Okefenokee mining proposal

EPD must heed Okefenokee Swamp warnings

Hydrologists ask EPD officials to change mining assessment

Hydrologists: EPD using wrong data to predict mine’s impact on Okefenokee

When the Horseshoe Crabs Are Gone, We’ll Be in Trouble

City stops short of opposing Okefenokee mining effort

‘Catastrophic’ vessel strike led to endangered whale’s death in Virginia Beach, scientists say

Coast Watch: Another whale death

Major expansion will allow larger cargo ships to reach the Port of Brunswick

Emory seeking local applicants for industrial contamination study

City commission to consider Okefenokee Swamp resolution

Developer unhappy with government officials’ attitudes

Planning and appeals commission not happy with apartment complex plans

Camden County spaceport dream scuttled by Georgia Supreme Court ruling

Ga. Supreme Court upholds public vote to veto spaceport

Vote to block Georgia spaceport upheld by state’s high court

Racial equity discussed during listening session

In 1971, 29 people died in an explosion in Georgia. 52 years later, their story is being told.

EPD director updates board on mining project near Okefenokee

Mining near swamp not worth the potential damages

Bipartisan bill aims to protect Okefenokee Swamp from titanium mining

NOAA denies petition to enforce emergency right whale protections

Letter to the editor: Comp plan changes should be stopped

Liberty Co. Commission submits amendments for comprehensive plan…

GDOT holds public information open house to discuss reconstruction of Darien Bridge

County sends CRC east end comp plan changes for review

Cumberland plan receives mixed opinions

Spaceport project in limbo but spending continues