An environmental lawsuit was recently filed against the very entity that is supposed to protect the environment. The Environmental Protection Agency was targeted for not requiring stricter guidelines for the quality of beach water throughout the country. The EPA has...
Month: November 2012
And the Georgia Water Coalition’s ‘Dirty Dozen’ awards go to…
In various past blog posts we have discussed the water contamination case of the Ogeechee River. But that river isn't alone in being a poor example of respect for Georgia's water resources. In fact, there are so many areas of environmental concern that a group called...
Georgia community rallies to oppose additional landfill
How many landfills near where you live are too many? That is the question being raised in an community in Gainesville, Georgia. Residents of an area that neighbors several existing landfills are banding together to stop the rezoning of a 51-acre property that would...
Celebrity joins Ogeechee River contamination fight in Georgia
It's already been more than a decade since the success of the movie Erin Brockovich, but Brockovich herself is real and joining a familiar environmental fight here in Georgia. The river contamination case against King America Finishing continues, and now perhaps the...
Step forward in pollution case against King America Finishing
In our past couple of blog posts we have discussed the environmental law case against King America Finishing. The Ogeechee Riverkeepers accuse the Georgia business of polluting the river with its drainage and they want justice to be done. Within the river, thousands...