Climate and Environmental News

Two Public Service Commission races will decide the balance of power on the state’s top utility regulator, which oversees Georgia Power and its rates.

Georgia fishery officials have withdrawn a plan to expand the recreational fishing season for red snapper from just a few days to two months after a court challenge.

After years of outcry, Brunswick residents will soon benefit from a $15 million effort led by Emory University to study the effects of the area's industrial pollution.

A Georgia developer will pay $1.1 million to end claims it damaged, mishandled or lost over 80,000 Native American artifacts in building a gated residential community.

A recent study has found a dangerous combination of fungus, parasites and other pathogens is posing a threat to the snake population in the Southeast.

A 43-year effort to bring global recognition to Georgia’s Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge has reached another milestone.

Tall light towers near Georgia's coast serve as a beacon for motorists heading to Buc-ee's, but environmentalists say they pose a hazard to sea turtles and their hatchlings.

Some 50 species of fireflies — aka "lightning bugs" — light up summer nights in Georgia, and June and July are peak season for the insects.

As investigators piece together what caused a fish kill on the Chattahoochee River last month, they have zeroed in on Atlanta's network of underground tunnels as a culprit.

A huge solar project more than 200 miles southeast of Atlanta has laid bare rifts in many rural communities over development of farmland.