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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?
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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?
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2 months ago | 
thecurrentga.org | Mary Landers |Mary Landers ReporterReporter
Attorneys for McIntosh County will appear before the Georgia Supreme Court Wednesday to argue they rightfully thwarted an ongoing referendum last year. Early voting was underway and more than 800 people had already voted when a judge stopped the referendum in September. The question before voters at the time was whether to repeal zoning adopted in 2023 that allowed larger houses in the Hogg Hummock neighborhood on Sapelo Island.
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2 months ago | 
thecurrentga.org | Mary Landers |Mary Landers ReporterReporter
Savannah has long controlled the area’s water supply, treating massive quantities of drinking water and selling what the city didn’t need to neighbors in Chatham, Effingham and Bryan counties. But as development intensifies the area’s thirst, one of the city’s long-time water customers – Effingham County – is poised to become a bigger player in water treatment and delivery.
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2 months ago | 
thecurrentga.org | Mary Landers |Mary Landers ReporterReporter
Good morning! We’re focused on power bills today. They’ve been rising in Georgia in recent years and a new nonprofit aims to address this trend. Meanwhile, after an unprecedented three-year delay, statewide elections return for two seats on the body that regulates utilities in Georgia, the Public Service Commission. Voters can begin to get plugged in to what the two incumbents and six challengers are offering. Questions, tips or concerns?
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Mar 25, 2025 | 
thecurrentga.org | Mary Landers |Mary Landers ReporterReporter
U.S. Rep. Earl “Buddy” Carter on Monday introduced legislation to weaken the regulation of harmful air pollution. Carter is the main sponsor of H.R.2288, which aims to nullify the final rule of the Environmental Protection Agency titled “Reconsideration of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter.” The text of Carter’s bill was not immediately available.
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Mar 18, 2025 | 
thecurrentga.org | Mary Landers |Mary Landers ReporterReporter
Two environmental groups recently released scorecards that grade members of Congress on their environmental voting record. On evaluations from both the League of Conservation Voters and the Defenders of Wildlife, the two Democratic U.S. senators. from Georgia – Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff – outperformed U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter (R-St. Simons), who serves Coastal Georgia. Overall, Democrats scored higher than Republicans across the country on both scorecards.
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Mar 14, 2025 | 
thecurrentga.org | Mary Landers |Mary Landers ReporterReporter
Savannah’s Park and Tree Department was poised to remove a dying Southern red oak tree from the city’s iconic Forsyth Park when the tree’s residents made them rethink that plan. “I don’t know if it was the mother owl or the father owl, but they were not too happy about it,” said Scott DeArmey, assistant director of the Savannah Park and Tree Department.
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Mar 11, 2025 | 
thecurrentga.org | Mary Landers |Mary Landers ReporterReporter
The Shore Protection Committee on Friday unanimously approved controversial plans to add amenities to St. Simons’ Coast Guard Beach. Glynn County needed permits from the appointed five-member panel in order to move forward with plans that involve alterations to the protected areas of the beachfront park, including plans to install a beach volleyball court, remove trees and fill wetlands.
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Mar 6, 2025 | 
thecurrentga.org | Mary Landers |Mary Landers ReporterReporter
On a late February evening, as workers streamed out of the Hyundai site toward the interstate, tanker trucks marked “non-potable water” joined the traffic headed north on U.S. 280. For months, the companies building Hyundai’s electric vehicles and the batteries to power them have trucked millions of gallons of wastewater from the manufacturing facility in Ellabell to private treatment facilities, both in Georgia and beyond state lines.
