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Altamaha Riverkeeper Joins With Partners To Launch the Georgia Coast Collaborative
With the historic and natural backdrop of Ebenezer Creek watershed, twelve organizations came together on Monday, May 8, 2017 to launch the Georgia Coast Collaborative (GCC) – a unique initiative to…
Comments Regarding Proposed Rules on Docks
Please review the linked document for comments from the Southern Environmental Law Center regarding proposed new DNR rules regarding private recreational docks. comments-re-proposed-rules-governing-docks-2016-11-07-1
Rayonier AM’s Permit to Dump Wastewater into Altamaha Nullified
An Atlanta judge has sided with environmental groups in ruling that a huge pulp mill in Southeast Georgia discharges too much pollution into the Altamaha River, known fondly as “the Little…
Judge Approves Sea Island’s Proposed Groin…but that’s not the end.
By Jen Hilburn Altamaha Riverkeeper Georgia’s coast, its communities and its wildlife, suffered a blow recently when a judge decided to allow Sea Island to move forward with developing the groin along…
Support for EPA’s Proposal to Address NPDES Permit Problems
Rayonier AM operated for years without an updated NPDES permit. More than half a dozen active and retired coal-fired power plants in Georgia currently have expired permits. The EPA has…
Spit Case Decision Expected by August 26
On July 13, Administrative Law Judge Kristin Miller heard five hours of closing argument in the challenge by the Altamaha Riverkeeper, Surfrider Foundation, and One Hundred Miles to Sea Island…
DOJ & EPA Announce $29 Million Settlement for LCP Chemicals Superfund Site
WASHINGTON—The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that Honeywell International Inc. and Georgia Power Company have agreed to clean up the 760-acre saltwater marsh…
Georgia on path to Loggerhead Recovery Milestone
The DNR’s sea turtle expert, Mark Dodd, sent out this note on this year’s nesting season. It’s a very encouraging forecast and a testament to the volunteer work done by…
Ruling on Rayonier AM Permit Appeal Likely by September
A decision on whether to invalidate the state permit allowing Rayonier Advanced Materials to discharge 60 million gallons of dark, smelly wastewater daily into the Altamaha River is now expected…
ARK Taking Ga. EPD to Court over Rayonier Wastewater Permit
The Altamaha Riverkeeper is seeking to invalidate the state permit allowing Rayonier Advanced Materials to discharge up to 60 million gallons a day of dark, smelly wastewater daily into…