Drew Kann
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Drew Kann is an enterprise reporter at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution covering climate and environmental issues. His passion is for visual, narrative stories that capture how humans are responding to a rapidly changing environment. He is a proud graduate of the University of Georgia and Northwestern University. Drew began his career at CNN, where he wrote and produced stories on a wide range of topics, from climate change and pollution to immigration and mass incarceration. In 2021, the interactive story he wrote on the worsening drought in the Colorado River Basin was a finalist for two EPPY awards.
Latest from Drew Kann
Okefenokee mining threat remains

The Okefenokee is now a World Heritage site. Now comes the hard part.

Okefenokee fight

Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp is now a UNESCO World Heritage site

Okefenokee backers ‘cautiously optimistic’ ahead of historic World Heritage vote

Okefenokee backers ‘cautiously optimistic’ ahead of World Heritage vote

What World Heritage status could mean for Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp

What World Heritage honor will and won’t mean for Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp

How special is Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp? Take it from the scientists

The case for Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp to join the World Heritage List

Atlanta faces sharp critiques for extreme heat response

‘Just not good enough’: Critics blast Atlanta’s extreme heat protections

Data center near Social Circle

Georgia agency orders data center’s ‘pop-up’ power plant to halt construction

Atlanta is investigating a new fish kill on a different metro area river

Atlanta is investigating a new fish kill on a different metro area river

Georgia data center’s rush to build a pop-up power plant raises concern

Georgia’s first data center ‘pop-up’ power plant is breaking rules, groups say

Extreme heat Atlanta

As extreme heat arrives, dangerous days ahead for Atlanta World Cup revelers