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In its annual “Clean 13” report, the Georgia Water Coalition praised companies and organizations for their efforts that benefit the state’s rivers.

Ga. Environmental Groups Recognize Efforts To Protect State’s Waterways

Molly Samuel • Sep 20, 2018

Two new nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle, which is near Augusta, were supposed to be up and running by now. However, construction has fallen years behind schedule and has increased by billions of dollars.

With Utility Votes Looming, Ga. Lawmakers Express Concern About Vogtle

Molly Samuel • Sep 20, 2018

South of the airport, the Flint River gains in size and flows above ground. The lights for the fifth runway are in the background.

A River Flows Under Atlanta’s Airport, And People Hope To Make It A Destination

Molly Samuel • Sep 13, 2018

As Sea Levels Rise, Georgia’s Beaches Will Always Be Somewhere

Molly Samuel • Sep 10, 2018

The Cockspur Island Lighthouse, near Fort Pulaski, sits on an islet covered by high tide.

How Sea Level Rise Threatens Our History

Molly Samuel • Sep 10, 2018

Sea Level Rise: The road from Tybee Island to the mainland is subject to flooding during extreme high tides and some storms.

Tybee Island, Still Recovering From Hurricanes, Faces Sea Level Rise

Molly Samuel • Sep 10, 2018

The future Westside Park at Bellwood Quarry, at a couple hundred acres, will be larger than Piedmont Park.

Work Begins On Westside Park, What Will Eventually Be Atlanta’s Biggest Park

Molly Samuel, Kathleen Quillian • Sep 6, 2018

Georgia Tech professor Carson Meredith holds a new kind of film that could potentially replace plastic. It's made of chitin found in the outer shells of seafood like crabs and cellulose nanocrystals found deep within tree fibers.

Georgia Tech Uses Crab Shells, Tree Fibers To Develop New Kind Of Plastic Wrap

Tasnim Shamma • Aug 8, 2018

Proposal To Freeze Fuel Efficiency Standards Could Affect Atlanta’s Air

Molly Samuel • Aug 2, 2018

Last Year Was One Of The Planet’s Warmest On Record; It Was For Ga., Too

Molly Samuel • Aug 1, 2018