That's f**king teamwork! Retailers join together, accomplish nothing

We're pretty sure this new AIR Miles "My Planet" thing in Canada is total horse hockey.

In Canada, retailers have come together, right now, over green. More specifically, 18 retailers have joined forces to encourage you to consume better-ish, or something. OK, this is what’s really goin

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Formerly mobile homes

Ever wanted to live in your car? Now you can!

By Madison Underwood

FORMERLY MOBILE HOMES: While being homeless seems a lot more popular these days than one would hope, living in your car is never fun. It’s not a good solution to the problem of homelessness at all.

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Audrey2 Tweets, "Feed me, @Seymour!"

Houseplants aren’t difficult to maintain, unless you forget to water them. NYU has good news.

By Madison Underwood

Most houseplants aren’t overly difficult to maintain, but sometimes you forget. First it’s two days without watering, then a week, then two weeks, and by that time anything but a cactus is pretty much

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Jeffco will stay out of SWMA

Jefferson County Commission opts to stay out of SWMA, will do its own stormwater monitoring.

By Madison Underwood

At Tuesday’s commission meeting, the Jefferson County Commission failed to bring to a vote a resolution rescinding the county’s earlier withdrawal from the Storm Water Management Authority, or SWMA. T

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Indian architect part of call for Birmingham Charter

Though thousands of miles from Birmingham, Karan Grover's presentation at the Green Building Focus Conference & Expo was tailored to the Magic City.

By Madison Underwood

Acclaimed "green" architect Karan Grover is one of the experts in sustainable development who attended a conference in the Magic City in July and plan to return in late September to discuss the creati

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UNA gets $2 million to green its campus

By Madison Underwood

The University of North Alabama intends to spend $2 million of federal money installing energy efficient windows, air conditioning units and solar panels, according to a recent report by WAFF 48, an N

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29 more species may be classified as “endangered”

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has agreed to review the statuses of 29 imperiled species of plants and animals. After a review, the species could be granted protection under the Endangered Species Act.

By Madison Underwood

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has agreed to review the statuses of 29 imperiled species of plants and animals. After a review, the species could be granted protection under the Endangered Speci

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Birmingham City Council cuts deal with green manufacturer

An Atlanta-based manufacturer of environmentally-friendly construction materials will build a new manufacturing facility in Birmingham, according to an incentive agreement approved by the Birmingham City Council.

By Madison Underwood

An Atlanta-based manufacturer of environmentally-friendly construction materials will build a new manufacturing facility in Birmingham, according to an incentive agreement approved by the Birmingham C

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Green hope in the Black Belt: biofuels come to west Alabama

The Black Belt town of Livingston, Ala., seems an unlikely place to begin a revolution, but on a small gravel road lies the pilot plant for Gulf Coast Energy, a corporation on a mission to change the world.

By Madison Underwood

The tiny Black Belt town of Livingston, Ala., seems like an unlikely place to begin a revolution. Nonetheless, on a small gravel road in what qualifies for an industrial park in these parts lies the p

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Forever Wild may miss opportunity to purchase Locust Fork tract

By Madison Underwood

Those wishing to protect a 3,200-acre stretch of land along the Locust Fork will have to act quickly. The Birmingham Water Works Board, which has owned the land for a decade, could decide to sell the