The Southern Environmental Law Center has filed a challenge to the South Carolina permit that clears the way for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to dredge 38 miles of the Savannah River shipping channel to a depth of 48 feet, calling into the question the apparent “horse–trading” that allowed the approval to happen.

Wind energy tends to generate excitement among the environmentally conscious and business–minded alike: It’s renewable, pollution–free and there’s plenty of it to sell. It seems awfully simple.

We’re all lucky to enjoy Savannah while it’s on dry land. Throughout earth’s history, this entire region’s been underwater much longer than it’s been above it.

There’s enough misinformation circulating about the proposed Savannah harbor deepening project to make a Greek bank loan look solid by comparison.

Editor’s Note — There have been a lot of developments in the past few weeks regarding the planned (and still controversial) deepening of the Savannah River. To get you up to speed we present this special report by Dan McCue, veteran reporter on coastal environmental and economic issues.

As far as sea creatures go, it doesn’t get much cuter than a baby loggerhead turtle. Three inches long with beady eyes and an upturned beak that looks very much like a grin, the newest resident at the UGA Marine Education Center and Aquarium could be Savannah’s next heartthrob once visitors get a peek at the Ossabaw Island-hatched Caretta caretta during Skidaway Marine Science Day this Saturday, Oct. 15. You’ll be able to watch the ...

With its federally–funded clean–up projects coming to a close this month, the Savannah River Site (SRS) will send the last of 3000 stimulus–backed jobs packing.

This summer on Tybee Island was filled with record–breaking high temperatures and record–breaking amounts of reported jellyfish stings.

Price Street has long been something of a nightmare for those living along it. Its twin one–way lanes of rapid traffic heading south out of downtown are a magnet for accidents, drunk drivers, and sirens.

So far in 2011, Tybee Island has been visited — always deep in the night — by nine female loggerhead sea turtles, who crawled out of the water, past the tide line, and clumsily dug a nest in the dry sand to deposit around 100 round, sticky white eggs.

Dietary supplements might be a multi–billion dollar industry, and ginseng has become a household name in Chinese remedies, but the use of plants and herbs is still a long way from common place in the United States. Roy Upton would like to change that.

It was a vile, putrid odor. It seemed to be sourced underneath the house by the back porch. I called my neighbor, Mark. This action revealed my sexist tendency to call a man when a bad smell needs to be identified or when a crawlspace possibly needs to be entered. Mark sniffed the air thoughtfully and quickly had an answer, an answer I hadn't expected. "I bet it's one of those orange mushrooms." We searched ...

Like you, I’ve noticed the strange weather we’ve had so far across the U.S. So I decided to investigate and see what the rest of summer might offer. Taxpayer–funded scientific sites, like NOAA (the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) and ATTRA (the National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service) are generally great weather resources for people like me — the always planning–ahead farmer and gardener.

Waking up to the sound of rain, I was cheered that the drought had broken. Then I thought, “Note to self: get fenders for bike.” It is not typically an issue but for the second time in three years, it was raining close to the start of the Dump the Pump (DTP) Challenge, an annual event that dramatizes the efficacy of modes of transportation other than automobiles.

Joplin, Missouri, is in ruins, victim of one of the most intense U.S. tornado seasons ever recorded. That disaster comes on the heels of the jaw dropping April 28th disaster, when a record–setting 228 twisters, all spawned in a single day, roared through the Southeast.