Tagged with Georgia 
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a really hot potato
Will South Carolina become the nation’s new Yucca Mountain? 0
Posted 1 week, 1 day ago
Earlier this year, President Obama canceled the federal government's plans to store high-level radioactive waste from nuclear power plants and weapons facilities at the controversial Yucca Mountain site in Nevada -- but now there are concerns that the Savannah River Site in South Carolina could become the permanent dumping ground for the dangerous waste.
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Poisoned Patriots
Veteran wins groundbreaking claim for Agent Orange exposure at Georgia military base 0
Posted 1 week, 2 days ago
A U.S. veteran living in Tennessee won what's thought to be the first Veterans Administration claim for exposure inside the continental United States to Agent Orange, an herbicide that was used by the military to clear jungles during the Vietnam War.
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Dirty South
Climate Central takes on Georgia, coal, and carbon 0
Posted 6 months ago
This week brought a new piece of journalism from the crack staff of scientists and reporters at Climate Central. It's called "Georgia: Coal and Carbon."
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Hot potato
Pennsylvania rejected TVA coal ash that’s going to poor communities in Alabama and Georgia 2
Posted 6 months ago
Some of the more than 1 billion gallons of toxic coal ash that spilled from an impoundment at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston power plant in eastern Tennessee last December is making its way to landfills in poor and black communities in Alabama and Georgia, as we reported last week at Facing South.
It turns out that TVA also looked into sending the waste to Pennsylvania for dumping into abandoned mines -- but that state's Department of Environmental Protection rejected the ash as substandard. -
Hizzoner's Progress
15 green-leaning mayors 17
Posted 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Global warming is a global problem -- but there ain't no global solution. That's why mayors across the U.S. are taking matters into their own hands.
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Who put the food companies in charge of food safety? We did. 6
Posted 8 months, 2 weeks ago -
Georgia legislator introduces bill that would restrict coal-fired power plants 3
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Merkley triumphs in Oregon; three other races still undecided 0
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Enviro groups endorse underdog challenger in Senate race 0
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Republican congresscritters are in serious trouble 5
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Georgia judge finds that coal plant must obtain emissions permit from state EPA 2
Posted 1 year, 4 months ago -
A Coal New World
Landmark ruling halts Georgia coal plant on basis of CO2 emissions 7
Posted 1 year, 4 months ago -
Outer Limits
Sprawling Atlanta seeks new routes to the future 0
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago
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Yes, according to a new ‘artisanal’ restaurant in Atlanta 5
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Water wars! 0
Posted 1 year, 9 months ago -
Georgia Breach
Georgia governor eases water-use restrictions 7
Posted 1 year, 9 months ago -
Give and Lake
Fast-growing Atlanta loses rights to major source of drinking water 0
Posted 1 year, 9 months ago -
Soviet-induced water crises push Eastern European nations to consider solutions 1
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How's My Drying? Call 1-800-F-U-Species
Georgia declares state of emergency due to drought, anger at species protections 2
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They're High, and Dry
Georgia lawmakers propose suspending endangered-species protections during drought 4
Posted 2 years, 1 month ago