Russ Bynum

Associated Press

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Today in Manufacturing Podcast

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This artist's sketch provided by Spaceport Camden shows the launch pad complex of the proposed Spaceport Camden in Camden County, Ga. Since 2012, Officials in Camden County have spent nine years and $10 million pursuing a license to operate the 13th licensed, private spaceport in the U.S. The FAA issued a final environmental impact study Thursday, June 17, 2021, and a decision on its license is expected next month.

After 9 Years and $10M, Georgia Spaceport Nears FAA Approval

Camden County would join 19 total U.S. sites available to launch commercial rockets.

This Sept. 10, 2019 satellite photo provided by Maxar Technologies, shows the capsized cargo shop Golden Ray in Jekyll Island, Ga. A fire broke out aboard the ship early Sunday, listing it to the side and blocking the shipping channel. The Coast Guard and a salvage crew freed the four remaining Golden Ray crew members.

GA Port Reopens

The Coast Guard agreed it was safe for vessels to slowly sail one by one past the capsized freighter.

This Sept. 10, 2019 satellite photo provided by Maxar Technologies, shows the capsized cargo shop Golden Ray in Jekyll Island, Ga. A fire broke out aboard the ship early Sunday, listing it to the side and blocking the shipping channel. The Coast Guard and a salvage crew freed the four remaining Golden Ray crew members.

Authorities Study Why Ship Overturned

Keeping those ships upright requires a balancing act.

Mine Request Borders Protected Swamp

The proposal comes 20 years after chemical giant DuPont abandoned plans to mine outside the Okefenokee amid staunch opposition.

In this June 13, 2014, file photo, a new cooling tower for a nuclear power plant reactor that's under construction stands near the two operating reactors at Plant Vogtle power plant in Waynesboro, Ga. Energy Secretary Rick Perry announced Friday, March 22, 2019, that the Trump administration has finalized $3.7 billion in new loan guarantees to support completion of the first new U.S. commercial nuclear reactors in a generation, calling the expansion of nuclear energy 'the real' Green New Deal.

Trump Adds $3.7B to Finish Reactors

The loan guarantees support completion of the first new U.S. commercial nuclear reactors in a generation.

In this Feb. 21, 2019 photo, Army Corps of Engineers scientists drift in a boat toward a plume of red dye in the Savannah River, Ga., as they test large machines designed to boost oxygen levels in the river. The oxygen-injection stations are part of a $973 million project to deepen the busy shipping channel linking the Port of Savannah to the Atlantic Ocean. The machines are intended to replenish an expected drop in the river's levels of dissolved oxygen, which fish need to breathe. A 2013 court settlement requires the Army Corps to test the machines and show that they work before dredging can begin on the upriver half of the project.

Port Expansion Hinges on Oxygen Injectors

The machines are the agency's $100 million solution to help fish breathe along a 27-mile (43-kilometer) stretch linking the Port of Savannah to the Atlantic Ocean.

The new Panama Canal pictured in January 2017.

Trump Wants $164M for Ports

However, ports from New England to Texas are seeking more than $4.6 billion to deepen their harbors.

A crowd of well-wishers along River Street welcome the container ship COSCO Development, Thursday morning, May 11, 2017, in Savannah, Ga, as the vessel sails up the Savannah River to the Port of Savannah. The ship is the largest vessel ever to call on the U.S. East Coast.

Largest Cargo Ship Visits East Coast Port

The COSCO Development is so long the Statue of Liberty and Washington Monument could fit end-to-end along its deck and still leave room for Big Ben.

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ConAgra Hit With $11.2M Penalty

The plea deal resolved a long criminal investigation into a nationwide salmonella outbreak blamed on tainted peanut butter that sickened at least 625 people in 47 states.

ConAgra launched a huge recall in February 2007, destroying and urging consumers to throw out all of its peanut butter produced since 2004.

ConAgra Finalizes Plea in Peanut Butter Case

It's been a decade since salmonella that made more than 600 people sick was traced to a plant in rural Georgia that manufactured peanut butter for ConAgra.

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$128M Rail Expansion

More traffic from the expanded Panama Canal and new business resulting from West Coast port strikes have helped Savannah grow to the fourth busiest port in the U.S.