Plant Vogtle is already one of the largest water users on the Savannah River To Savannah officials, the cooling towers at the Vogtle nuclear power plant are beginning to look like enormous straws. A proposed

from The Nashua Telegraph ATLANTA - A few decades ago, people probably would have said kids like Ryan Massey and Eddie Scheuplein were just odd. Or difficult. Both boys are bright. But Ryan, 11, is

ATLANTA, Georgia  - The state of Georgia is acquiring 20,000 acres of forested lands at three sites in Paulding, Decatur and McIntosh Counties to protect some of the state's remaining wild lands from development. Governor

Wal-Mart representatives made an impassioned plea before the Coweta Board of Zoning Appeals Tuesday night, asking to be allowed to use "Quik Brik" - essentially a colored concrete block - instead of actual brick for

Atlanta residents may be wondering - and worrying - what plans the state has for a worst-case drought scenario where their taps go dry, but government officials say they just don't think that's going to

The City of Duluth responded in Gwinnett Superior Court on Monday to the first of two lawsuits filed against it by Jack Bandy, the landowner who wants to sell his land to Wal-Mart. In the

The ever-receding water levels at both Lake Allatoona and Lake Lanier are pushing drinking water suppliers toward extraordinary measures to keep metro Atlanta's drinking water flowing and fit to drink. In September, Cobb County officials

It may be one of the most routine experiences in American life: heading to Wal-Mart to buy groceries, some clothes or a bike. It's so common that the world's largest retailer expects to open a

For the moment at least, the age-old image of Atlanta as a maelstrom of sprawl appears to be changing. The Atlanta Regional Commission released a report that says conversion of forested and agricultural land in