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Image: Ante Up for the Library Texas Hold'em Tournament players show their support for the Library at last year's tournament; provided by the Baxter Co. Library

Residents of Adel, a predominantly Black and Hispanic town in South Georgia, are fighting plans to build the world's largest wood-pellet plant in their backyard, citing serious health risks. The group Concerned Citizens of Cook County ("4-C") opposes plans by Georgia-based Spectrum Energy, the latest company to propose a plant capable of producing 1.3 million tons of wood pellets annually. Dr. ...

A single bee can help produce more than 125 pounds of food every year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Some Oregon groups are working to get more colorful plants into local gardens to attract these critical pollinators. ...

A coalition of community organizations teamed up in Oregon to force a chronic polluter out of business, and bring environmental justice to a nearby neighborhood. The groups, known as the Core Team, used community engagement, education and pressure from regulatory agencies to force the J.H. Baxter Company to close. ...

He is the 86th person that has won a lottery prize worth $1 million or more in the state since 2009.