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Riverkeeper Raises Coal Ash Concerns at Lake Sinclair
Member Alert for Community Near the Harlee Branch Coal Plant on Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, GA 1/5/2016–The Altamaha River watershed received massive flooding over the holidays, swelling rivers and lakes. Altamaha…
Read MoreRayonier AM Permit Allows Pollution of Altamaha to Continue
The Georgia Environmental Protection Division has issued the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit for Rayonier Advanced Materials. EPD, which granted the permit Dec. 29, is requiring some tighter limits…
Read MoreAtwood Requests Reconsideration of Spit Permit
Responding to constituent concerns, Georgia Rep. Alex Atwood (R-St.Simons) has asked the DNR’s Shore Protection Committee to reconsider its decision to grant a Permit to Sea Island Acquisitions to build a groin…
Read MoreARK Will Pursue Options to Oppose Sea Island Groin
The Coastal Marshlands and Shore Protection Committee has voted 2-1 to approve the proposal by Sea Island Acquisitions (SIA) to build a 350 foot groin intended to protect 8…
Read MoreARK Helps Fight Proposed Ethanol Transfer Station
The Altamaha Riverkeeper worked with community members to help fight against a proposed ethanol transfer station in an already contaminated area near Bond Swamp in Macon. The Macon-Bibb Planning and…
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