Okefenokee Swamp

The results showed that alligators in the Okefenokee had mercury levels eight times higher than those in other regions.

Alabama-based Twin Pines has not submitted the $2.1M in financial assurances required to obtain a permit to mine near Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp.

The blackwater swamp is home to abundant alligators and is the largest national wildlife refuge east of the Mississippi River.

Shareholders of The Chemours Company are urging the chemical producer to assess the impacts on ecologically sensitive areas before plunging into a mining project.

A mining company's plan to dig outside the federal wildlife refuge in the Okefenokee Swamp is taking a big step forward because of the Trump…

The Army Corps of Engineers is extending the deadline for public comments on a proposal to mine for minerals near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.…