Mary Landers

Savannah

Environment reporter at The Current GA

Environment reporter at The Current, Formerly Sav Morning News, Peace Corps (Malawi), Philly native. Tips? [email protected]

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'Litter booms' trap trash in Savannah waterways

1 week ago | gpb.org | Mary Landers

Almost 150 miles of canals crisscross Savannah. These manmade drainage systems abound with turtles, wading birds and fish, but they're also often rife with trash. Styrofoam cups, plastic water bottles, and takeout boxes ride in on the runoff from streets and parking lots every time it rains. Volunteers clean them out periodically, but litter returns with the next downpour.
Litter booms trap trash in Savannah waterways

1 week ago | thecurrentga.org | Mary Landers

Almost 150 miles of canals crisscross Savannah. These manmade drainage systems abound with turtles, wading birds and fish, but they’re also often rife with trash. Styrofoam cups, plastic water bottles, and takeout boxes ride in on the runoff from streets and parking lots every time it rains. Volunteers clean them out periodically, but litter returns with the next downpour.
PSC candidates criticize incumbents

2 weeks ago | thecurrentga.org | Mary Landers

A candidate forum in Savannah on Thursday focused attention on an often overlooked board of regulators that determines how much millions of Georgians pay for electricity: the Public Service Commission. “Very few governmental agencies in Georgia have as much impact on everyday, hard, working consumer lives than this entity,” said forum host Orlando Scott as he opened the event.
Get Ready to Vote for the PSC

2 weeks ago | thecurrentga.org | Mary Landers |Mary Landers ReporterReporter

Good morning! If you haven’t been paying attention to the upcoming election for Georgia’s energy regulators, it’s time to snap to it. But not to worry, we’ve got you covered with candidate news and a Coastal Georgia forum to attend. We also have an update on plans for Savannah’s Forsyth Park and a dive into the financial woes delaying Twin Pines Minerals from mining near the Okefenokee. Questions, tips or concerns?
Meet the Ga. Public Service Commission candidates

2 weeks ago | thecurrentga.org | Emily Jones |Mary Landers

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WABE and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Early voting is underway in the primary election for two seats on the Georgia Public Service Commission, the powerful panel of regulators with final say over the rates and energy plans of the state’s largest electric utility, Georgia Power.
Twin Pines' financial woes stall mining permits near Okefenokee Swamp

2 weeks ago | gpb.org | Mary Landers

Twin Pines Minerals, the company waiting for more than a year for permission to mine near the Okefenokee Swamp, has not submitted evidence of financial reserves required to receive its permits, state regulators disclosed this week. The news offers the latest window into the legal and fiscal challenges facing the Alabama-based company. It is fighting two separate lawsuits alleging breach of contract that could cost more than $30 million.
Twin Pines' financial woes stall mining permits near Okefenokee Swamp

3 weeks ago | thecurrentga.org | Mary Landers

Twin Pines Minerals, the company waiting for more than a year for permission to mine near the Okefenokee Swamp, has not submitted evidence of financial reserves required to receive its permits, state regulators disclosed this week. The news offers the latest window into the legal and fiscal challenges facing the Alabama-based company. It is fighting two separate lawsuits alleging breach of contract that could cost more than $30 million.
Georgia Power is planning for a huge spike in energy demand. Critics say it’s overestimating

4 weeks ago | thecurrentga.org | Emily Jones |Mary Landers

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WABE and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Georgia’s largest electric utility is preparing to meet what it says is a huge spike in new electricity demand. Georgia Power says it expects it will need to provide 8,200 more megawatts by 2031 – about four times the energy made by its brand-new nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle.
Permitting Drags on, PSC Heats Up

1 month ago | thecurrentga.org | Mary Landers |Mary Landers ReporterReporter

Good morning! First up today we have look at what happens behind the scenes as a company waits for its permits to mine near the Okefenokee. We then turn to the Public Service Commission, where after years of electoral delay there’s a flurry of activity lately. Finally, we’re obliged to remind our coastal neighbors that it’s almost hurricane season again. Sorry! But there’s at least one crucial way to prepare now. Let’s get ready!Questions, tips or concerns?
Climate advocates worry as fossil fuels power Georgia's data centers

1 month ago | thecurrentga.org | Emily Jones |Mary Landers

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WABE and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. An expansive former row-crop farm in Lee County, in southwest Georgia, is now home to a flock of sheep with a job to do: eat grass. “My rule of thumb is if I can walk out here among the panels and still see my boots, then that’s effective grazing management,” said site manager Tyler Huber on a recent visit to the farm.