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Posted on March 15th, 2010 by Madison Underwood

Alabama writer wins SELC award

Alabama writer wins SELC award

Alabama natural history scholar John Hall won this year’s Phillip D. Reed Memorial Award for [...]

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Posted on March 14th, 2010 by Madison Underwood

EPA water pollution regulation powers limited?

EPA water pollution regulation powers limited?

Two Supreme Court decisions have raised issues regarding which waterways fall under federal pollution regulations, [...]

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Posted on March 13th, 2010 by Madison Underwood

AG doesn’t want EPA regulating greenhouse gases

AG doesn’t want EPA regulating greenhouse gases

Alabama has joined Texas, Virginia and many industries in fighting an EPA ruling that says [...]

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Posted on March 12th, 2010 by Madison Underwood

Mobile lax on stormwater monitoring

Mobile lax on stormwater monitoring

The city of Mobile has not fully monitored the storm water washing into Mobile Bay [...]

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Posted on February 23rd, 2010 by Madison Underwood

UPDATED: Dutch reports: Joran van der Sloot admits to dumping Holloway’s body

UPDATED: Dutch reports: Joran van der Sloot admits to dumping Holloway’s body

(UPDATED 5:52 a.m.) The primary suspect in Holloway’s disappearance has confessed, according to reports from the Netherlands

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Posted on February 22nd, 2010 by Madison Underwood

Bloomberg tags Alabama Republicans for stimulus hypocrisy

Bloomberg tags Alabama Republicans for stimulus hypocrisy

Alabama Congressmen Jo Bonner and Robert Aderholt, in regards to the stimulus bill, both asked [...]

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Posted on February 18th, 2010 by Madison Underwood

Commission to interview three finalists for ADEM director

Commission to interview three finalists for ADEM director

Interviews are scheduled to take place Friday, Feb. 19. A summary of the candidate’s applications, along with links to their resumes, are inside.

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Posted on February 18th, 2010 by Madison Underwood

Iran, Iraq, education & optimism: What Condi Rice said to a hometown audience

Iran, Iraq, education & optimism: What Condi Rice said to a hometown audience

The former Secretary of State told Birmingham-Southern students that Iran is a “military dictatorship,” words Hillary Clinton would use four days later

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Posted on February 17th, 2010 by Madison Underwood

Witness in Bishop’s 1986 case comes forward

A witness who encountered Amy Bishop fleeing after shooting her brother in 1986 has come [...]

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Posted on February 1st, 2010 by Madison Underwood

TONIGHT ON THE THREATDOWN: BEARS!

TONIGHT ON THE THREATDOWN: BEARS!

So, as it turns out, Yogi Bear’s love of pic-a-nic baskets is rooted in actual behavior.

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Posted on January 30th, 2010 by Madison Underwood

Residents fight against coal mines

Residents fight against coal mines

Check out Thomas Spencer’s piece regarding a resurgence of interest in Alabama’s coal

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Posted on January 29th, 2010 by Madison Underwood

Eat lunch for the Cahaba River Society

Eat lunch for the Cahaba River Society

Wanna help out the Cahaba River Society? Just go eat lunch at Nabeel’s Wednesday, Feb. 3, and tell them CRS sent ya!

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Posted on January 26th, 2010 by Madison Underwood

Residents fight back against strip-mining

Birmingham News reporter Thomas Spencer had a great article in Sunday’s paper on the rise [...]

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Posted on January 25th, 2010 by Madison Underwood

Environmental groups request federal takeover of ADEM

Environmental groups request federal takeover of ADEM

Fourteen Alabama environmental groups took a step last Friday that ought to send a chill up the spine of polluters

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Posted on January 8th, 2010 by Madison Underwood

A bunch of ash-holes

A bunch of ash-holes

Hurricane Creekkeeper’s editorial takes it to pretty much every organization around

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Posted on January 4th, 2010 by Madison Underwood

Birmingham News hires new publisher

The Birmingham News has announced that it has chosen Pam Siddall to be the paper’s [...]

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Posted on January 2nd, 2010 by Madison Underwood

Commission gives more time to selection of ADEM Director

Commission gives more time to selection of ADEM Director

The Environmental Management Commission will take applications for the open Executive Director position at ADEM until Jan. 29

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Posted on January 1st, 2010 by Madison Underwood

Little River Canyon not so little

Little River Canyon not so little

A 2,186-acre plot next to the Little River Canyon National Preserve in Cherokee County has been purchased for preservation by the Nature Conservancy of Alabama.

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Posted on December 31st, 2009 by Madison Underwood

State made improvements on environment, report says

State made improvements on environment, report says

GETTING GREENER: A new report from the Homewood-based Green Resource Center of Alabama suggests that our state made significant improvements in its environmental friendliness

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Posted on December 29th, 2009 by Madison Underwood

Fall in love with Birmingham again

Beaty Coleman at Elle Decor has written a nice profile of our wonderful city. Sure, [...]

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War on Dumb

Birmingham 101: What will history say about us?

Birmingham 101: What will history say about us?

‘The city of perpetual promise.’ Does that mean incessant failure? Or rather, that Birmingham never gives up hope?

Upon Further Review

Bama wins, 2010 and amen

Bama wins, 2010 and amen

Part two of the college football season recap.

Column

Ties that bind

Ties that bind

A four-in-hand is worth two in the bush

Film

Casualties of war

Casualties of war

“The reasons we go to war always matter,” says the soldier played by Matt Damon [...]

Small World Cartoons

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

In lieu of politics, I bring you talking roaches. Cartoonists are primary NPD sufferers.

Suburban Legends

The King of Rock: No, Not Elvis

The King of Rock: No, Not Elvis

The world is designed to piss me off