Alabama natural history scholar John Hall won this year’s Phillip D. Reed Memorial Award for [...]
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EPA water pollution regulation powers limited?
Two Supreme Court decisions have raised issues regarding which waterways fall under federal pollution regulations, [...]
Read the rest of this entry »AG doesn’t want EPA regulating greenhouse gases
Alabama has joined Texas, Virginia and many industries in fighting an EPA ruling that says [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Mobile lax on stormwater monitoring
The city of Mobile has not fully monitored the storm water washing into Mobile Bay [...]
Read the rest of this entry »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
Read the rest of this entry »Bloomberg tags Alabama Republicans for stimulus hypocrisy
Alabama Congressmen Jo Bonner and Robert Aderholt, in regards to the stimulus bill, both asked [...]
Read the rest of this entry »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.
Read the rest of this entry »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
Read the rest of this entry »Witness in Bishop’s 1986 case comes forward
A witness who encountered Amy Bishop fleeing after shooting her brother in 1986 has come [...]
Read the rest of this entry »TONIGHT ON THE THREATDOWN: BEARS!
So, as it turns out, Yogi Bear’s love of pic-a-nic baskets is rooted in actual behavior.
Read the rest of this entry »Residents fight against coal mines
Check out Thomas Spencer’s piece regarding a resurgence of interest in Alabama’s coal
Read the rest of this entry »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!
Read the rest of this entry »Residents fight back against strip-mining
Birmingham News reporter Thomas Spencer had a great article in Sunday’s paper on the rise [...]
Read the rest of this entry »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
Read the rest of this entry »A bunch of ash-holes
Hurricane Creekkeeper’s editorial takes it to pretty much every organization around
Read the rest of this entry »Birmingham News hires new publisher
The Birmingham News has announced that it has chosen Pam Siddall to be the paper’s [...]
Read the rest of this entry »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
Read the rest of this entry »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.
Read the rest of this entry »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
Read the rest of this entry »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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