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Caption The smoke stack at the Brunswick Plant is a century-old landmark that can be seen from the causeway connecting the city to St. Simons Island. Credit: Laura Corley/The Current
Laura Corley, The Current
The shrimp bait was gone again.
Likely it was yanked off by a stealthy stingray or nabbed by a passing whiting.
Caption Jasmin Buggs and her boyfriend spend the day fishing off an old bridge over the Mackat River that once connected St. Simons Island and Brunswick. Credit: Laura Corley/The Current
Buggs and her boyfriend regularly fish in Mackay River off the edge of an old bridge that once connected Brunswick and St. Simons Island. Though both live locally, neither were aware of any pollution or fish advisory notices on the Back River, the next bridge over, due to suspected pollution from the old Hercules industrial plant. The 152-acre industrial site, marked by the white smoke billowing from a tall smokestack, is visible
Organizers from Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard â an activist group calling for Harvard to divest from the fossil fuel industry â met with senior staff members from the office of Massachusetts Attorney General Maura T. Healey â92 Friday to discuss a legal complaint they filed in March over the Universityâs investments.
The grievance, filed by Divest Harvard on March 15, alleges that Harvardâs continued investment in fossil fuels violates a provision of the 2009 Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act â a state law that stipulates not-for-profit entities have a duty to invest in line with their charitable missions.
As of February, the Universityâs fossil fuel holdings are valued at less than two percent of its $41.9 billion endowment.
Burn ban goes into effect Saturday, May 1Community, Press Release
April 30, 2021
, by Lauren Souther
On May 1, a ban on outdoor burning begins in 54 Georgia counties, primarily in the northern half of the state. Affected residents are asked to refrain from burning yards and land-clearing debris during the hot summer months because smoke can negatively impact the state’s air quality by contributing to high ozone levels. These conditions have been linked to lung and heart disease in humans.
“The restrictions are required by the state Environmental Protection Division,” said Georgia Forestry Commission Protection Chief Frank Sorrells. “By limiting outdoor burning, fewer chemicals and particle pollutants are released into the air.” The burn ban is in effect until September 1 in the following counties: Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clarke, Clayton, Cobb, Columbia, Coweta, Crawford, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Floyd, Forsyth,
AllOnGeorgia
April 29, 2021
On May 1, a ban on outdoor burning begins in 54 Georgia counties, primarily in the northern half of the state. Affected residents are asked to refrain from burning yard and land clearing debris during the hot summer months because smoke can negatively impact the state’s air quality by contributing to high ozone levels. These conditions have been linked to lung and heart disease in humans.
“The restrictions are required by the state Environmental Protection Division,” said Georgia Forestry Commission Protection Chief Frank Sorrells. “By limiting outdoor burning, fewer chemicals and particle pollutants are released into the air.” The burn ban is in effect until September 1 in the following counties: Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clarke, Clayton, Cobb, Columbia, Coweta, Crawford, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Floyd, Forsyth, Fulton, Gordon, Gwinnett, Hall, Haralson, Heard, Henry, Houston, Jackson,
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