Georgia Power said state law and reliability concerns led to the removal of a historic tree in Chatham County as part of its upcoming transmission line project.
The utility company says that a vast majority of its outages during the winter storm were caused by downed trees and broken limbs falling on power lines.
Georgia Power cut down a 300-year-old live oak tree, sparking debate over property rights and eminent domain in Chatham County.
Georgia Power has removed a roughly 300-year-old live oak along Little Neck Road after weeks of public attention and community efforts to protect the tree.
The 'Stop The Chop' campaign has been led by Kat Scott 32, who told the Daily Mail how the judicial review ruling gave the group 'greater confidence in moving forward'.
There is a long history of the mechanical thinning of forests in standard forestry operations. Thinning typically involves ...
A beetle that lays eggs inside the bark of trees has killed six baobab trees in Oman for the first time. Urgent measures are needed to stop it spreading to Africa.
For decades, wilderness lands have been left largely unaltered by human activity. But those places are still changing, and ...