...that doesn't smell right," said William Perry, the executive director of Common Cause Georgia.As the state's chief environmental regulator, Barnes was a top adviser to Gov. Sonny Perdue and current Gov. Nathan Deal during water negotiations. When...

...program, said in an e-mail that most of the projects need preliminary engineering, right-of-way acquisition and environmental work before construction phases begin."Be patient. Everything's moving in the right direction," Grantham said.

...public land to reach parking areas.The first is planned near the confluence of the Good now River.The Department of Environmental Conservation will issue an interim access plan within a few weeks that is expected to enable paddlers to walk 0.8 of a...

...taken into consideration the lessons of the Fukushima accident when granting the license for Vogtle's expansion. Nine environmental groups had sued to halt construction on the grounds that more research into the disaster was needed. Construction didn't...

The federal Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $200,000 to the Augusta Canal Authority to fund Sibley Mill environmental cleanup. According to a news release, this phase of cleanup will involve removal of contaminated soil. The canal...

Now Playing Synopsis: A cautionary yet inspirational tale of civil disobedience, Bidder 70 offers a fascinating look at the clash between activism and modern politics by detailing the grueling legal struggle endured by Tim DeChristopher, who spent two years in prison for bidding $1.7 million for 22 acres of land in Utah at a controversial Bureau of Land Management Oil and Gas lease auction, though he had no intentions of paying. A University of Utah economics student at the time, DeChristopher put his future on the line to block plans by gas-industry power players to drill on the land, signaling the beginning of a five-year legal battle that encouraged a national dialogue on the topic of environmental preservation. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi Cast: Tim DeChristopher, Robert Redford, Terry Tempest Williams, James Hansen, Terry Root Movie Details Movie Review

...District of Columbia is a defeat for nine environmental groups whose lawsuits were combined...30-page decision said the NRC's environmental impact statement had already covered...other nuclear applications and that the environmental groups in their lawsuits didn't offer...

...were redrawn, said the state spent $44 million in 15 years settling lawsuits related to the port project, a contentious environmental issue.The state has pledged its cost share of the expansion but federal funding is slowing progress and completion, he...

...fines of $8,850 and correct environmental violations involving three underground fuel storage tanks.Georgia Environmental Protection Division inspectors...week.According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, there are...

...South Caro lina Department of Health & Environmental Control over claims the $652 million...environment.The harbor expansion's environmental projects already included a $32...will contribute $12.5 million for environmental and conservation programs within the...