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Dawsonville chemical spill left unchecked for days

A poultry plant accidentally released a corrosive and dangerous chemical into a nearby waterway, but did not report the incident to the Georgia Environmental Protection Division. It wasn’t until the city reported hundreds of fish and other wildlife were showing up dead that the EPD was called in to intervene. According to Dawson County News, a worker operating a forklift at the plant accidentally punctured a large drum of ferric chloride. Ferric Chloride is used

Clean Water

One year later: Coal Ash disposal still a concern for environmental activists

A year and a half ago, Georgia Power announced they would close ALL of their toxic coal ash ponds in Georgia. But environmentalist continue to be concerned about the lack of regulation and transparency with the process. Coal ash, also called coal combustion residuals or CCR, is the waste byproduct from coal-fired power plants. It is a powdery residue that contains heavy metals like arsenic, cadmium and mercury that can leach into the local environment.

Environment

Deal’s handpicked EPD Director light on experience…very light

Governor Nathan Deal’s new, hand-picked Director of the Environmental Protection Department (EPD), Richard Dunn, is short on one, important thing: environmental experience. In a state struggling to regulate toxic coal ash, protect groundwater supplies, monitor radioactive materials, and preserve the health of the Chattahoochee River, an inexperienced EPD director can only spell more trouble. While several environmental groups offered tentative, and hopeful, statements to the press about a change in direction and restoring trust, a