Emily Jones

6 days ago | wabe.org | Emily Jones

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WABE and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Georgia climate scientists are raising concerns about federal changes they say could hamper research and hurt their overall understanding of climate change, warning that the threat isn’t just to science. Farmers, weather forecasters and emergency planners all rely on climate and weather information in order to thrive.

2 weeks ago | smokesignalsnews.com | Emily Jones

Shrimp are the quintessential Georgia seafood: the central ingredient of a lowcountry boil, the subject of an annual festival on Jekyll Island, ubiquitous on coastal menus. But often, it turns out, the shrimp on those menus isn’t from Georgia. Genetic testing on the shrimp at 44 Savannah restaurants recently revealed that 34 of them were actually serving foreign shrimp.

2 weeks ago | wabe.org | Emily Jones

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WABE and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Shrimp are the quintessential Georgia seafood: the central ingredient of a lowcountry boil, the subject of an annual festival on Jekyll Island, ubiquitous on coastal menus. But often, it turns out, the shrimp on those menus isn’t from Georgia. at 44 Savannah restaurants recently revealed that 34 of them were actually serving foreign shrimp.

1 month ago | wabe.org | Emily Jones

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WABE and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Eight candidates are running for two seats on the Georgia Public Service Commission in a long-delayed election taking place this year. The qualifying period ended Thursday. The commission oversees utilities, including some gas and electric companies in Georgia; its biggest job is governing Georgia Power’s plans and rates.

1 month ago | wabe.org | Emily Jones

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WABE and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Georgia Power aims to meet rising energy demand, driven largely by the state’s booming data center industry, by canceling the planned closures of coal plants, upgrading existing nuclear plants, improving the overall power grid and adding renewable energy. This week, the utility made its case to regulators for its latest long-term plan to make and deliver energy.