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Climate and Weather June 9, 2023

Code Orange Air Quality Alert continues for metro Atlanta on Friday, June 9

The Code Orange air quality alert that began yesterday continues through Friday, June 9, 2023. What is in the alert? The alert, relayed by the National Weather Service, reads as…

Climate and Weather June 8, 2023

Code Orange air quality alert issued for metro Atlanta, including Cobb County

The National Weather Service relayed the following message from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division. Event:Air Quality AlertAlert:…CODE ORANGE AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR ATLANTA…

Climate and Weather April 20, 2023

Code Orange air quality alert issued for metro Atlanta

The Georgia Environmental Protection Division relayed a Code Orange air quality alert to the National Weather Service warning of unhealthy conditions for sensitive groups on Thursday, April 20, 2023. The…

Climate and Weather April 19, 2023

Code Orange air quality alert for metro Atlanta region

The Georgia Environmental Protection Division relayed a Cobb Orange air quality alert to the National Weather Service warning of unhealthy conditions for sensitive groups on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. What…

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Georgia April 4, 2023

Georgia lawmakers slogged through bipartisan attempts to protect Okefenokee, sinking in the end

by Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] April 3, 2023 This story was updated at noon Monday, April 3, 2023. The…

Georgia February 6, 2023

Rural Georgia lawmaker wants Legislature to settle stink raised by casting sludge upon the soil

by Jill Nolin, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] February 3, 2023 Tankers hauling mystery sludge have been a common – and unwelcome…

Georgia January 26, 2023

Georgia GOP lawmaker pushes bill to protect ‘vital and precious’ Okefenokee from new mining proposals

by Jill Nolin, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] January 25, 2023 While an Alabama-based company’s controversial mining proposal moves through the permitting…

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Environment November 23, 2022

Cobb County’s Northwest Water Reclamation Facility spills 5.72 million gallons of disinfected wastewater into Lake Allatoona

Cobb County distributed the following notice of a spill of 5.72 million gallons of disinfected wastewater from the Cobb County Water System’s (CCWS) Northwest Water Reclamation Facility into Lake Allatoona:…

Environment November 21, 2022

Saga of proposed mine at Okefenokee Swamp’s edge still mired in legal challenges, regulatory reviews

by Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] November 21, 2022 Conservationists are waging another legal challenge against a company’s strip-mining plans…

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Cobb County August 23, 2022

Cobb County’s boil water advisory lifted

Cobb County issued a news release that the boil water advisory that was put in effect for part of north central Cobb County yesterday has been lifted. The announcement is…

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Government & Politics, Local government March 10, 2026

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