Awaiting Permits To Mine Near Okefenokee, Twin Pines Finds Time Is Money
Thursday, May 29th, 2025
For more than 15 months, Georgia regulators have been pondering the issuance of a permit to mine near the Okefenokee Swamp.
Environmentalists who have fought against the permit, saying mining will harm the largest wildlife refuge on the East Coast, were certain a permit decision was about to be issued last summer. When that didn’t happen, they were betting on a post-election announcement. Then Thanksgiving. Then Christmas, then the New Year, then after Trump’s inauguration.
Read More At: WABE
