Made of Savannah Podcast – May 2025
Hyundai factory near Savannah fined for violating state wastewater rules – Atlanta Journal-Constitution (May 2025)
Metropolitan Planning Commission delays vote on Ogeechee River development – Savannah Morning News (April 2025)
Ogeechee Riverkeeper, Hyundai respond to wastewater concerns – WSAV-TV (March 2025)
Hyundai fails to meet wastewater standards – The Current GA (March 2025)
Savannah sues PFAS polluters, seeks water treatment funds – The Current GA (February 2025)
“A problem solver for us”: Potential state investment could wane Coastal Georgia’s water crunch – Savannah Morning News (January 2025)
Bulloch Co. well permits proceed after settlement agreement between JDA, Ogeechee Riverkeeper – Savannah Morning News (January 2025)
Gov. Kemp proposes $502 million water system investment for Savannah region – WJCL-TV (January 2025)
Ogeechee Riverkeeper reaches agreement with I-16 Authority to drop challenge to Hyundai well permits – Statesboro Herald (January 2025)
Settlement reached over water rights at Hyundai EV plant property in Southeast Georgia – GPB (January 2025)
Settlement hastens Hyundai’s switch from Floridan aquifer water – The Current GA (January 2025)
Deal struck to end environmentalists’ challenge to Hyundai factory water supply – Atlanta Journal-Constitution (January 2025)
Ogeechee Riverkeeper challenges water well permits in Bryan and Bulloch counties – WJCL-TV (November 2024)
Georgia issues water permits for Hyundai plant – The Current GA (October 2024)
Georgia issues permits to pump millions of gallons of water daily to Hyundai complex – Savannah Morning News (October 2024)
Hyundai says it will need 4 million gallons of water per day at site near Savannah – Savannah Morning News (September 2024)
Army corps to reevaluate Hyundai site permit – The Current GA (August 2024)
Riverkeeper gets Army Corps to reconsider Megasite permit in light of proposed wells – Statesboro Herald (August 2024)
US agency to reexamine permit for Hyundai’s $7.6 billion electric vehicle plant in Georgia – AP News (August 2024)
Environmental regulator reevaluating key permit for $7.6B Hyundai plant – Atlanta Journal-Constitution (August 2024)
US Army Corps of Engineers: Hyundai water supply permit reevaluation “warranted” – WTOC-TV (August 2024)
Feds to revisit key environmental permit for wells to supply Hyundai’s GA site – Savannah Morning News (August 2024)
OPINION: Ogeechee Riverkeeper responds to use of Florida aquifer for Hyundai – Savannah Morning News
Fund to help GA property owners impacted by Hyundai wells reaches $1 million – Savannah Morning News (August 2024)
Georgia should tighten timeline for replacing wells to serve Hyundai site, critics contend – Savannah Morning News (August 2024)
Ogeechee Riverkeeper investigation leads to major environmental cleanup – Grice Connect (July 2024)
Feds: Endangered fish ‘vulnerable to disturbance’ from wells for Hyundai’s Georgia site – Savannah Morning News (July 2024)
What happened to the Haiseal Tract? Industrial project on hold since 2022 – Savannah Morning News (July 2024)
Chairman’s vote halts meeting on Hyundai well agreements after complaints of short notice – Statesboro Herald (June 2024)
Commissioners postpone vote on water agreements with Bryan County – Grice Connect (June 2024)
Feds should have known – and been told – of water demands for Hyundai site, experts say – Savannah Morning News (June 2024)
Burgers with Benefits: Green Truck hosts fundraiser for Ogeechee Riverkeeper – Savannah Morning News (June 2024)
‘Tragic for all the people:’ Land near Ogeechee River slated for industrial development – Savannah Morning News (June 2024)
Riverkeeper threatens to sue over Hyundai plant’s environmental impact – Atlanta Journal-Constitution (June 2024)
Group says it intends to sue US agencies for failing to assess Georgia plant’s environmental impact – The Washington Post (June 2024)
Ogeechee Riverkeeper to sue over Hyundai site permits – The Current GA (June 2024)
Ogeechee Riverkeeper intends to sue over Hyundai water permits – WSAV-TV (June 2024)
Ogeechee Riverkeepers demand government responsibility over alleged environmental neglect – WJCL-TV (June 2024)
Ogeechee Riverkeeper to sue U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, call to stop construction at Hyundai Megasite – WTOC-TV (June 2024)
Group says it intends to sue US agencies for failing to assess Georgia plant’s environmental impact – AP News (June 2024)
Ogeechee Riverkeeper to file suit over Metaplant permitting – Statesboro Herald (June 2024)
Conservation group seeks to halt Hyundai EV plant near Savannah with permit challenge – Savannah Morning News (June 2024)
City of Savannah promises legal action against companies polluting water with ‘forever chemicals’ – WJCL-TV (May 2024)
“Dirty Dozen” waterways on the brink – Axios (May 2024)
Signing of bill is first step protecting Georgia’s waterways from ‘soil amendments’ – Grice Connect (May 2024)
Dirty Dozen Report: Drinking water threatened in coastal Georgia – WSAV-TV (May 2024)
Which Georgia rivers, swamps, reservoirs made the ‘Dirty Dozen’ list? See this year’s report – Georgia Public Broadcasting (May 2024)
Industry, residential development threaten Savannah’s drinking water sources, report says – Savannah Morning News (May 2024)
Coastal Georgia communities prepare to monitor, treat water for ‘forever chemicals’ – The Current GA (May 2024)
Get your feet wet with the ORK’s Canoochee Paddle Race – Savannah Morning News (April 2024)
Are We In For A Local Water War? – Savannah Sideways (March 2024)
COLUMN: Silenced At The Georgia Capitol on HB 1146 – The Georgia Virtue (March 2024)
As warehouses pop up ‘everywhere you look’ in Bryan County, 11 more may be on the way – Savannah Morning News (March 2024)
Savannah’s Stephens revisits false narrative in pushing private water service bill – Savannah Morning News (March 2024)
Hyundai’s EV plant needs lots of water. Some fear plans to drill wells – Atlanta Journal-Constitution (February 2024)
‘Savannah can’t give approval’ for rezoning of New Hampstead development – Savannah Morning News (January 2024)
Facing opposition over air pollution, lumber company scraps plans for coastal Georgia plant – Savannah Morning News (December 2023)
Water plans for Hyundai trouble Bulloch residents – The Current GA (December 2023)
New app raises concerns over warehouse growth – Bryan County News (November 2023)
Warehouse boom threatens coastal Georgia communities, environmental groups say – Savannah Morning News (November 2023)
Annual Ogeechee Riverkeeper’s oyster roast raises funds to protect river basin – Fox28 TV (November 2023)
New survey to help track flooding patterns – WJCL-TV (October 2023)
The American Factory Boom and the Towns Its Changing – Bloomberg News (October 2023)
Invasive flathead catfish found by Georgia Department of Natural Resources in Ogeechee River – Augusta Chronicle (September 2023)
Construction underway for wastewater treatment facility near Hyundai Mega Site – WTOC-TV (September 2023)
The land is your family wealth – GPB News / The Current GA (September 2023)
DNR Board names Walter Rabon commissioner – The Current GA (August 2023)
Wild Swimming in Savannah’s Rivers – Savannah Magazine (July/August 2023)
Georgia university, watchdog group partner to test fish for cancer-causing toxin – Atlanta News First (July 2023)
Concerns grow as Hyundai plant continues development – WSAV-TV (July 2023)
Nature of Art: Ogeechee Riverkeeper and artist Juliana Smith partner for creative fundraiser – Savannah Morning News (July 2023)
5 things: Hyundai development – The Current GA (July 2023)
Management plan for Vernon River finalized; seeks to tamp down e. Coli, litter and more – Savannah Morning News (June 2023)
Ogeechee Riverkeeper updates management plan for Vernon River – WTOC-TV (June 2023)
Ogeechee Riverkeeper, City host rain barrel giveaway – Connect Savannah (April 2023)
Canoochee Paddle Race Drew 57 Boaters For Event Staged Saturday – Claxton Enterprise (April 2023)
Growing dump site irritating residents – Sylvania Times (March 2023)
Georgia Senate bill proposes a ban on plastic bags at points of sale – Savannah Morning News (February 2023)
Environmental groups team up to clean a creek in Statesboro – WTOC-TV (February 2023)
Riverkeeper monitors Ogeechee ahead of Hyundai boom – The Current GA (February 2023)
Sewage main collapse spills more than 58,000 gallons on Savannah road – Savannah Morning News (January 2023)
Dirty Dozen: Report highlights Clean Water Act’s 50-year legacy protecting state’s waters – Savannah Morning News (November 2022)
Amid Hyundai factory development in Bryan County, scientists to study Ogeechee River water quality – GPB (November 2022)
Volunteers work to keep Little Lotts Creek clean – Grice Connect (November 2022)
Ogeechee Riverkeeper, Georgia Southern graduate student team up for study on river – WTOC-TV (November 2022)
Interview: Ogeechee Riverkeeper Damon Mullis – WTOC-TV (November 2022)
After decades, city and stakeholders ready to tackled E. coli contamination in Vernon River – Savannah Morning News (October 2022)
Lords of the Flies plaguing Georgia homeowners – FOX5-TV (September 2022)
A Plague of Flies: Citizens seek help with smell and flies from neighbors’ fertilizer applications – The News and Farmer / Augusta Chronicle (September 2022)
Jefferson County residents bring soil amendment concerns to the commission – WFXG-TV (September 2022)
Riverkeeper launches tool kit to encourage citizen advocacy – Coastal Courier (September 2022)
Textile factory on Ogeechee River linked to 2011 fish kill to close – The Current (July 2022)
Milliken closing Screven textile plant – Statesboro Herald (July 2022)
Textile maker Milliken to close Georgia plant employing 260 – AP News (July 2022)
Milliken & Company to close Georgia facility held responsible for massive fish kill in 2011 – Savannah Morning News (July 2022)
Ogeechee Riverkeeper working to protect the Vernon River from litter – Connect Savannah (March 2022)
Textile plant commits to eliminating ‘forever chemicals’ that pollute Ogeechee River – Sylvania Telephone & Augusta Chronicle (March 2022)
Ogeechee River Generates 2nd State Record Hickory Shad In Just Over a Year – GA DNR (March 2022)
New booms installed to help cut down on litter in the Vernon River – WJCL-TV (February 2022)
Screven County plant to stop using chemicals that spark concern – WRDW Sparta (February 2022)
Company on bank of Ogeechee River plans to stop using chemicals – Bryan County News (February 2022)
Georgia Today: How a small Georgia county fought off a granite quarry project – GPB (November 2021)
Riverkeeper happy with Hancock County zoning changes – WRDW Sparta (November 2021)
Welcoming All Warriors – The Sparta Ishmaelite (November 2021)
Catfish and the Quarry – The Bitter Southerner (October 2021)
Groups team up to clean Statesboro waterway – WTOC-TV (July 2021)
Proposed ordinances on landfills, surface mining pulled from agenda – Effingham Herald (April 2021)
Deloach, other commissioners voice opposition to landfill in AR-1 zone – Effingham Herald (April 2021)
Hancock County Commissions vote against gravel quarry proposal near Ogeechee River – WGXA-TV Macon (March 2021)
Hancock Commission denies quarry application request – 41NBC-TV Macon (March 2021)
Study says chemicals found in Ogeechee fish – Bryan County News (November 2020)
Ogeechee Riverkeeper says plant discharge harming fish – WTOC-TV (November 2020)
Dirty Dozen: Pollution concerns in Altamaha and Ogeechee rivers; state weighs in on permits – WSAV-TV, WRBL-TV (November 2020)
Georgia Water Coalition releases 2020 ‘Dirty Dozen’ report – WALB-TV, WTVM-TV (November 2020)
Annual ‘Dirty Dozen’ report details water concerns across Georgia – Atlanta Journal-Constitution (November 2020)
Citizens question relaxed permit proposal for Ogeechee River Milliken plant – The Current (November 2020)
Riverkeeper, KSBB and city to trap trash in creek on way to Ogeechee – Statesboro Herald (October 2020)
Q&A with Amanda Clements, Executive Director of Keep Statesboro-Bulloch Beautiful – Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation (October 2020)
Georgia poised to allow more pollution in Ogeechee River – Savannah Morning News (October 2020)
Permit could set less water testing at Ogeechee River plant – AP, FOX28, Statesboro Herald, Alton (Illinois) Telegraph, Huron (Michigan) Daily Tribune, Wichita (Kansas) Eagle, Antelope Valley (California) Press (October 2020)
Permit could ease water testing for Screven County plant – WRDW (October 2020)
Milliken Asks to Lower Pollution Permit Standards for Ogeechee River Plant – The Current (October 2020)