Taxonomy Archives: Alabama
EPA “Tailpipe” Rule Curbing Greenhouse Gases Offers Multiple Benefits for the South
The Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Transportation today jointly issued a historic rule on curbing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from light-duty vehicles, which contribut...
SELC Lauds EPA Proposal to Strengthen Ozone Limit to Protect Health of Southerners
Consistent with the latest scientific data about the growing health threat from breathing smog pollution, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today proposed to strengthen the national limit for a...
Clean Water Groups Challenge Massive Coal Mine in Alabama’s Black Warrior Watershed
The Southern Environmental Law Center today petitioned for a hearing on a permit issued last month for a 3,255-acre coal mine in Blount County. The proposed mine would have more than 60 pollution disc...
EPA To Issue Strict Rules for U.S. Power Plant Air Toxics
The U.S. EPA agreed to adopt rules reducing toxic air pollution from the nation¹s coal- and oil-burning power plants by November 2011, according to a settlement agreement reached in a federal lawsuit ...
New Report Calls for Swift Action to Clean Up Birmingham Air
The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) released a report today that for the first time provides a comprehensive overview of the multiple pieces of Birmingham’s air-pollution challenge in layman’...
SELC applauds introduction of forest-protection bill in Congress
Senators Mark Warner and Jim Webb of Virginia and Senator Kay Hagan of North Carolina, along with 17 members of the Southeast's congressional delegation are joining more than 150 colleagues from acros...
EPA CO2 Limits Overdue under Clean Air Act, but Welcome
SELC welcomed EPA's announcement on a proposal to establish nationwide standards for controlling largest sources of heat trapping gas pollutants.
SELC Urges EPA to Set Strong Smog Limit to Protect Public Health in the South
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced it will re-evaluate the national limit for ozone pollution.
EPA Clears Up Stormwater Program
An audit by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has found that Shelby County's stormwater management program falls far short of numerous federal requirements aimed at keeping polluted runoff from...
Judge Rules in Tri-State Water Wars that Atlanta Can’t Take Water from Lake Lanier
U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson issued a decision today in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint phase of the years-long tri-state water wars between Georgia, Alabama and Florida.