On a blast furnace of an August day in Georgia's southernmost county, Joe Hopkins gripped the steering wheel to steady his ...

In June, a six-year battle came to an end to prevent the Georgia Environmental Protection Division from approving surface mining permits for Twin Pines Minerals of Alabama to mine for titanium sands ...

CHARLTON COUNTY, Ga. — The Conservation Fund, a national nonprofit, announced Friday it has purchased the proposed site of a deep earth mine near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, effectively ...