It’s pretty typical these days to toss your plastic container or glass bottle in the recycling bin, but other items likely don’t get the same treatment. Before you throw your styrofoam cooler or bin of ...
When taking a walk through Zoo Atlanta this summer, visitors will notice some animals that weren’t there before. But unlike their furry and feathered neighbors, these animals are crafted from tens of thousands of LEGO ...
Instead of your usual walk or run with music blaring, what if you listened to the birds chirping and the leaves rustling? What else would help you be more present and integrated with nature? That’s ...
By Hannah E. Jones For over five decades, Earth Day has been reserved for going outside, showing love for Mother Earth and, through small acts and large-scale efforts, serving as a steward and champion of ...
Something feels right in my departure from SaportaReport coinciding with the return of a Swedish musician to a stage near metro Atlanta.
Georgia’s fledgling oyster industry is being propelled by a group of public and private interests that want more table-ready oysters to be harvested from Georgia’s coastline.
DAVIS, N.C. – The establishment of commercial oyster farms such as those that dot the marsh-lined estuaries of Down East North Carolina remains a priority for Georgia scientists, state officials and restaurateurs.
Environmental advocates have won an early victory in their effort to block a swap in which DeKalb County would trade land in Intrenchment Creek Park for land owned by a movie studio, an entity known ...
BAYOU GEORGE, Fl. – The environmental calamities continue in Florida’s Panhandle, where trees downed by Hurricane Michael in 2018 finally caught fire this month and burned across more than 34,000 acres before three separate blazes ...
Registration is open for two major birding events. One serves young fans of birds and the other targets armchair ornithologists.
Drawdown Georgia has unveiled an online tool to track greenhouse gas emissions statewide and in each Georgia county. It is the initiative’s second major science-backed effort to help reduce GHG emissions.
By Guest Columnist MANDY MAHONEY. U.S. program director of the Regulatory Assistance Project The South has long been defined by its heat and humidity, so much so that bragging about the heat has even become something ...
The era of the wild-caught rattlesnake roundup has ended in Georgia as the state’s last festival to collect live snakes shifts March 5 to a format similar to a county fair.
Decatur on Thursday is to conclude its series of three virtual roundtable discussions that are central to the city’s effort to adopt and implement a clean energy plan.
The two Birdsong children were among the dead, though much of the news coverage of the 1991 plane crash near Brunswick went to former Texas Sen. John Tower.
The newly released regional planning review of the proposed Rivian electric vehicle plant is filled with warnings about risks to the environment and cultural heritage of Morgan County if the facility is built as proposed ...
Georgia has declared an additional 407 miles of rivers and coastal waterbodies safe for recreational use at the request of those who want to paddle or swim in the waters.
Georgia Power’s three-year plan to meet the state’s energy needs is due to be filed with state regulators by Jan. 31 and marks the start of a yearlong discussion of a wide array of energy ...
By Guest Columnist DAN REUTER, CEO of Reuter Strategy, an urban and regional planning firm Georgia and most states have a history of pandemic influenza planning. President George W. Bush signed the first national Pandemic Influenza ...
Last weekend, metro Atlanta residents woke up to snow for the first time in several years. Granted, a snow day in the South usually means making a miniature snowman using the flurries collected on top ...
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