Georgia
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Many companies want clean energy. Georgia Power will soon let them build it.
Supporters hope the move will serve as a model for other places balancing surging energy demand and climate goals.
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Georgia’s forestry industry is in crisis. One solution could be in your medicine cabinet.
As paper mills close, the state legislature is offering the industry a lifeline.
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![A home is severely damaged after Hurricane Beryl swept through the area on July 08, 2024 in Freeport, Texas. Tropical Storm Beryl developed into a Category 1 hurricane as it hit the Texas coast late last night. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)]()
![A home is severely damaged after Hurricane Beryl swept through the area on July 08, 2024 in Freeport, Texas. Tropical Storm Beryl developed into a Category 1 hurricane as it hit the Texas coast late last night. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)]()
Is your state becoming uninsurable? We have the latest data.
Home insurance is buckling under climate risk and construction trends. Find out how your state fares.
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![Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins speaks at the Georgia Capitol to launch a grant program for Hurricane Helene recovery.]()
![Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins speaks at the Georgia Capitol to launch a grant program for Hurricane Helene recovery.]()
Georgia farmers’ long wait for Helene relief is ending
The state’s biggest crops needed a special program to cover "once-in-a-generation" losses — for the second time in a decade.
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Ocean speed limits protect endangered right whales. Trump wants to weaken them.
NOAA wants to replace a longstanding rule with technology scientists say is unproven.
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After a hurricane, extreme heat poses a serious threat to recovery workers
The risk is even higher for crews that travel in from cooler climates.
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![Meta's Stanton Springs Data Center is seen Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Newton County, East of Atlanta.]()
![Meta's Stanton Springs Data Center is seen Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Newton County, East of Atlanta.]()
Utilities in the Southeast may be overestimating the AI boom
Power companies are already building more costly fossil fuel infrastructure than data centers may actually need.
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An ousted energy regulator reflects on Georgia’s new power politics
Former utility commissioner Tim Echols talks climate change, the Republican party, and how the state will deal with rising power demand.
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In Georgia, power bills beat out party politics
Will the new Democratic public service commissioners advance clean energy and shake up next year’s midterms?
