State and federal administrations continue to favor polluters as the effects of climate change endanger quality of life for all.
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The Dredge Report
The Big Dig has had its shovels in motion off Tybee Island for quite a few months now, and all is going to according to plan. Well, almost.
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Will the CSS Georgia and its artifacts stay in Savannah?
Since it began in January, the underwater dig—sponsored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers—has yielded plenty of fascinating aspects about the ship and its weaponry.
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Beware the greenwash
We’ve got a big ol’ bathtub of misrepresented issues happening in Georgia right now, and there are plenty of players who would like to see the pistachio-hued wool pulled over our eyes.
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A river runs through us
Depending on where you’re standing, we either live in a bucolic aquatic paradise or a post-apocalyptic industrial wasteland.
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Savannah Water Film Festival inspires awareness—and perhaps activism
The brainchild of the City of Savannah’s Water Resources Bureau, the Oct. 1 festival invited local middle school students and teachers to watch a series of short films about humanity’s single most important resource.
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Question (Ports) Authority?
The Great Port Rubber Fire of ’14 represented a cautionary memo that our port comes with plenty of potential hazards.
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Kool-Aid is sweeter than BS
There are a few things that a certain faction of Savannah holds sacred: Wild–caught shrimp, St. Patrick’s Day and the absolute faith that the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP) is […]
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The deeper we go
It was an event nearly 13 years in the making when representatives from the Army Corps of Engineers (ACE), the Georgia Ports Authority and other partnering agencies presented nearly 3,000 […]
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Local EPD office shut down; what’s next?
The state’s Environmental Protection Division (EPD) office in Savannah closed July 1, the most recent victim of the state’s ongoing budget cuts. Shuttering the local office raises questions about whether […]
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A glass half-empty
In a community surrounded by a network of rivers and marshes that segue to the ocean — and where streets are prone to flooding after even a moderate rainstorm — […]