Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Josh Howard has been coming to Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp for 50 years, starting with his grandfather taking him there, then ...

The stark white of an Oreo cookie’s filling comes from titanium dioxide, a valuable mineral found in deposits along Trail ...

What happens when a community’s quest for survival clashes with the fate of one of the world's most unique ecosystems? In rural Georgia, the Okefenokee Swamp is at the center of a tense debate.

GEORGIA — U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff announced he was backing a proposal to expand the Okefenokee Wildlife Regue in Georgia to protect the land, adding to the list of people contesting plans to mine the ...

The petition with more than 26,000 signatures calls on Chemours to commit to permanent protection of the Okefenokee Swamp.

Wildfires surround Okefenokee Swamp as environmental groups call for swamp protections on Earth Day. Very unhealthy air from ...

For years, the thousands of acres of land at the edge of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge were an environmental battlefield, the site of a planned titanium mine that drew fierce resistance from ...

A conservation group purchased land near the swamp and wildlife refuge to halt a company’s bid to mine for titanium. A high-profile, yearslong fight over a proposal to mine near the nation’s largest ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. — A federal agency said Friday that it has approved a plan to expand the Okefenokee Swamp's vast wildlife refuge, setting up a potential buyout offer for land intended for a private ...

Environmentalists are celebrating a rare win of keeping a mining operation from opening up next to a National Wildlife refuge in South Georgia. Environmental groups in Georgia are celebrating a big ...

Josh Howard has been coming to Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp for 50 years, starting with his grandfather taking him there, then taking his own children. He knows just about every inch of the place. "We ...