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Caption The smoke stack at the Brunswick Plant is a century-old landmark that can be seen from the causeway connecting the city to St. Simons Island. Credit: Laura Corley/The Current
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The shrimp bait was gone again.
Likely it was yanked off by a stealthy stingray or nabbed by a passing whiting.
Caption Jasmin Buggs and her boyfriend spend the day fishing off an old bridge over the Mackat River that once connected St. Simons Island and Brunswick. Credit: Laura Corley/The Current
Buggs and her boyfriend regularly fish in Mackay River off the edge of an old bridge that once connected Brunswick and St. Simons Island. Though both live locally, neither were aware of any pollution or fish advisory notices on the Back River, the next bridge over, due to suspected pollution from the old Hercules industrial plant. The 152-acre industrial site, marked by the white smoke billowing from a tall smokestack, is visible
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A number of area environmental groups are urging residents to “eat local, not lobster,’ after the recent death of a North Atlantic right whale in coastal South Carolina waters.
That whale, an 11-year-old male named Cottontail, was found dead in February after observers first saw him in October entangled in fishing gear used in the lobster and snow crab industries, according to environmentalists. They say that since 2017, at least 47 have been killed after being hit by ships or entangled in such gear, and estimate there are fewer than 375 remaining North Atlantic right whales left on the planet and only about 100 calving females.
Report: Advocacy group also hunting for source of unpleasant odor in Brunswick
Mystery behind source of foul-smelling odor puzzles residents and advocates
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What’s that smell? Unpleasant odor wafts through Brunswick
BRUNSWICK, Ga. – Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division isn’t the only agency investigating the source of an unpleasant odor in Brunswick.
Glynn Environmental Coalition, an environmental advocacy group, told the Brunswick News that citizens deserve an answer, and the GEC hopes to be able to provide one if the EPD can’t.
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Georgia’s EPD has received dozens of odor complaints throughout Glynn County since early December.
A United States District Court (“Court”) in a January 29th Order addressed a standing issue that arose in a Clean Water Act citizen suit action. See The Glynn Environmental Coalition, Inc., et al. v. Sea Island Acquisition, LLC, 2021 WL 313626.
The citizen suit action involved alleged Section 404 Clean Water Act violations.
Plaintiffs The Glynn Environmental Coalition, Inc. (“GEC”) and Center for a Sustainable Coast, Inc. (“CSC”), along with Jane Fraser (“Fraser”) (collectively “Plaintiffs”) brought an Amended Complaint against Defendant Sea Island Acquisition, LLC (“Sea Island”) alleging violations of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act.
Sea Island moved to dismiss the Amended Complaint for lack of standing.