Environment

Drawing of various poisonous, flammable, or otherwise hazardous waste items surrounding disposal barrels

Recycling October 2, 2025

Keep Cobb Beautiful to hold annual Annual Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Event

Keep Cobb Beautiful is holding its annual Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Event on Saturday, October 18, 2025 9:00 am – 1:00 pm at Jim Miller Park, 2245 Callaway Road SW,…

A partially sunlit moon taken toward the moon's north pole

Energy August 15, 2025

NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon – a space lawyer explains why, and what the law has to say

by Michelle L.D. Hanlon, University of Mississippi, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, decades later, landing…

Environment July 30, 2025

One of the biggest microplastic pollution sources isn’t straws or grocery bags – it’s your tires

by Boluwatife S. Olubusoye, University of Mississippi and James V Cizdziel, University of Mississippi, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Every few years, the tires on…

Drawing of an unfolding world map showing all continents except Antarctica

Environment May 7, 2025

How the US can mine its own critical minerals − without digging new holes

by Yuanzhi Tang, Georgia Institute of Technology and Scott McWhorter, Georgia Institute of Technology, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Every time you use your phone,…

Graphic of wildfire flames spreading through trees

Environment May 2, 2025

Burn ban in effect for Cobb and 53 other Georgia counties

By Mark Woolsey The annual air-pollution-fighting outdoor burn ban has gone into effect in Cobb and 53 other Georgia counties. To see if your county is included in the ban,…

The Cobb County Public Library bookmobile, an EV

Environment April 26, 2025

Learn to Get Involved at The Cobb County Sustainability Expo

Cobb County’s EV Bookmobile will be at the Expo. Photo courtesy of Cobb County Fleet By Kate Brainerd The future of the humble, yet mighty, bee is at risk. The…

Dr. Bharat Baruah holds a piece of transparent wood

Environment April 24, 2025

Kennesaw State researcher tackling sustainability through use of transparent wood

The following article by Darius Goodman, with photo by Darnell Wilburn, first appeared on the Kennesaw State University website, republished with permission: Discarded plastics are among the leading contributors to…

Environment April 24, 2025

Atlanta air quality gets failing grade in new American Lung Association national ranking

by Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] April 23, 2025 The American Lung Association’s 2025 annual air quality index gives failing…

Environment April 23, 2025

How single-stream recycling works − your choices can make it better

by Alex Jordan, University of Wisconsin-Stout, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, trusting that…

Environment April 22, 2025

Federal laws don’t ban rollbacks of environmental protection, but they don’t make it easy

by Stan Meiburg, Wake Forest University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] President Donald Trump and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin have announced their intent…

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Opinion April 11, 2026