Category Archives: environment

Disenchantment spreads to Conservatives, last call for King America permit comments

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Katherine Helms Cummings

Displeasure with the state’s “protection’ of our natural resources, specifically the Ogeechee River, has found strong voices among leading Conservatives in the last few weeks. Now State Senator Buddy Carter has joined the choir. Yesterday the Albany Journal ran a letter … Continue reading →

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After the rains

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Katherine Helms Cummings

The Friday Photo A weekly photo inspired by art, community and spontaneity May 10, 2013 Rivers and streams are full, and the grass is green again.     

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Why the Georgia EPD is toothless

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Katherine Helms Cummings

This week started with Mary Landers at the Savannah Morning News reporting that employees at King American Finishing (KAF) were told to drink bottled water at work for the past six months. Tests of two wells at the company’s textile and … Continue reading →

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