Taxonomy Archives: Alabama
Birmingham City Council to Host Debate on Controversial Northern Beltline Project
The Birmingham City Council will host a debate, open to media and the public, to hear from opponents and proponents of the proposed Northern Beltline, a 52-mile bypass north of Birmingham. Opponents s...
NAACP, Medical, Public Health and Environmental Groups Urge Court to Uphold Clean Air Safeguards
Eighteen national and state medical, public health, civil rights, environmental, and clean air groups filed a brief late Thursday with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals defending the U.S. Environment...
Colbert Fossil Plant Illegally Discharging Toxic Coal Ash into Waterways, Conservation Groups Charge
Citing ongoing coal waste contamination at Tennessee Valley Authority’s Colbert Fossil Plant, conservation groups have charged that the facility is violating the Clean Water Act and that failure to ad...
Southern Environmental Law Center Releases 5th Annual List of Top 10 Endangered Places in the Southeast
The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), the largest environmental advocacy organization dedicated to protecting the Southeast, today released its fifth annual list of the top 10 places in the So...
New Interactive Web Tool Gives Details About Southeast’s Toxic Coal Ash
The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, Appalachian Voices, Southern Environmental Law Center, and NC Conservation Network today launched the first-ever comprehensive online tool that allows Southerne...
18th Annual Nature Writing Contest Now Underway
The Southern Environmental Law Center is now accepting submissions for its annual Reed Environmental Writing Award.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Transportation Bill
After over two years of delay, Congress has finally passed a transportation reauthorization bill.
Northern Beltline a poor economic development tool for Birmingham region, new study finds
Groups Challenge Decision to Ignore Risks to Wildlife, Environment in Gulf Oil Drilling Expansion
Conservation groups today filed a lawsuit in Washington, D.C., that challenges the Obama administration’s plans to increase offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico without fully addressing the risks t...
Governor Bentley shows unprecedented leadership on water management plan for Alabama
Less than a year after the Alabama Rivers Alliance and the Southern Environmental Law Center released the Alabama Water Agenda calling on state leaders to develop a comprehensive water management plan...