How one Atlanta camp is growing the next generation of environmental stewards
While school is out for the summer, learning continues for children at Trees Atlanta's Junior TreeKeeper Camp.
Watch CBS News
While school is out for the summer, learning continues for children at Trees Atlanta's Junior TreeKeeper Camp.
As grocery prices continue to strain household budgets, a five-acre farm in College Park is helping people save money by teaching them how to grow their own food while cultivating something just as valuable: community.
The Chattahoochee Riverkeeper said he had never seen anything like the massive fish kill in his more than 20 years at the organization.
Google said it will help fund a wetlands restoration project in Georgia's Flint River basin through a new partnership with the conservation organization Ducks Unlimited.
The 27th Flying Colors Butterfly Festival at Chattahoochee Nature Center offered up-close butterfly encounters, pollinator education, and summer previews.
Environmental group Flint Riverkeeper says a Memorial Day weekend jet fuel spill from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the latest in a series of fuel releases affecting waterways downstream of the airport.
Georgia wildlife officials are urging residents to report sightings of Argentine black and white tegus, an invasive lizard that threatens native species.
Experts blame a combination of drought, pollution, and sewage runoff for the 20-mile fish kill, raising concerns for the local environment, economy, and climate change impacts.
The city says the federal government failed to conduct environmental reviews before moving forward with a plan that could dramatically strain water and wastewater systems.
Hundreds of people visit the West Atlanta Watershed Alliance on Richland Road each week. That's why it surveys the 25-acre nature preserve for hanging or fallen tree limbs after storms move through metro Atlanta.
A group of Coweta County residents is taking their own county to court, fighting to stop a massive data center campus on nearly 830 acres of rural conservation land.
A statewide Level 1 drought response is affecting Georgia farmers, mobile markets and families who rely on affordable fresh food.
Big Bethel AME's Environmental Justice Sunday service ties faith to public health, highlighting pollution, flooding, and heat risks across metro Atlanta.
Officials say unauthorized tree removal could lead to penalties as the city emphasizes environmental and quality-of-life benefits.
The City of Atlanta is giving residents a fresh start, and they're giving parks and green spaces a fresh look through the Center for Employment Opportunities program.
More than 150 data centers now operate across metro Atlanta, but people who leave near the massive facilities say they're concerned about their quality of life and the impacts to nearby rivers.
More than 1,000 students at David T. Howard Middle School joined forces with the Hawks and Novelis — and the sixth graders came out on top.
Dunwoody earns Tree City USA recognition for the 14th year, reflecting its long-term commitment to planting, maintaining, and protecting the city's trees.
A years-long lawsuit over Atlanta's largest wastewater treatment facility has ended with a settlement and a cleaner Chattahoochee River, officials say.
A recent fuel spill at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson airport is polluting the Flint River, the primary drinking water source for thousands in rural Georgia.
An insurance company has filed a federal lawsuit against BioLab Inc. over the massive warehouse fire that forced thousands to shelter in place last year.
A packed and heated zoning meeting over data center rules in DeKalb County ended with police escorting residents out as concerns over noise, pollution, health, and rising energy and water costs fueled public outcry.
A new Global Forest Watch analysis reveals Georgia has lost more tree cover than nearly every other state since 2000. Trees Atlanta takes a small step to restore some of the more than 2.5 million acres of trees Georgia has lost.
In 2019, naturalists said the swamp was under threat after a mineral company that owned land three miles away sought permits to mine zirconium and titanium.
Matt Olson caught Gunnar Henderson's line drive and stepped on first for an improbable double play in the bottom of the 10th, and Austin Riley's RBI double an inning later lifted the Atlanta Braves to a 3-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday.
Atlanta Fire Rescue said specialized crews safely rescued six adults stranded along the Chattahoochee River near the East Palisades Saturday afternoon. No injuries reported.
The Winder Police Department said Sgt. Daniel Evans was found dead at his home Saturday morning. Funeral arrangements will be announced as they become available.
The plans include arresting migrants in Ohio and quickly putting them on deportation flights to crisis-stricken Haiti, the internal documents indicate.
Dylan Beavers singled home a run in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Baltimore Orioles a 3-2 win over the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night.