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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recognized over one hundred U.S. manufacturing plants for energy efficiency. Four Alabama companies were included, two in Tuscaloosa. The honorees earned the agency’s ENERGY STAR certification in 2023. This designation reserved for manufacturing plants in the top 25% of energy efficiency in their sector.
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A U.S. construction company that built solar farms across the country will pay $2.3 million in penalties to settle claims that it violated federal and state water protections in Alabama, Idaho and Illinois, the U.S. Department of Justice and Environmental Protection Agency said.
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It’s been two decades since the chemical company Monsanto settled a lawsuit with Anniston residents. People there said Monsanto exposed them to chemicals called PCBs which caused birth defects and cancer. But Monsanto is far from the only alleged instance of industrial chemicals harming Alabama neighborhoods. The APR News team presents this documentary we call, "Bad Chemistry."
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2023 marks two decades since the Monsanto Chemical Company settled a lawsuit with residents of Anniston, Alabama. Twenty thousand townspeople blamed illnesses like cancer and birth defects on exposure to chemicals known as PCBs. Monsanto manufactured these products at its plant southeast of town. This isn’t the only example of industrial chemicals allegedly harming Alabama residents.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has opened a civil rights investigation into a complaint that Alabama discriminated against Black residents when handing out funding for wastewater infrastructure.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA for short, announced close to $600,000 from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to expand recycling infrastructure and waste management systems across Alabama. The funding is meant to improve solid waste management planning, data collection and implementation of plans. Thanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, this investment totaling is a part of EPA’s largest recycling investment in years.
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The Southern Environmental Law Center filed a lawsuit against Bluestone Coke for violating the Federal Clean Water Act. The action is being taken on behalf of the Black Warrior Riverkeeper and the group Greater Birmingham Alliance to Stop Pollution, or GASP for short.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency selected seven communities in Alabama to receive grants totaling more than $4,179,000. The funding comes through what’s called Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Grant programs, or MARC for short.
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A federal judge temporarily blocked a federal rule in 24 states that is intended to protect thousands of small streams, wetlands and other waterways including those in Alabama. U.S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland in Bismarck, North Dakota, on Wednesday halted the regulations from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers pending the outcome of a lawsuit filed by the 24 states.
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A northeastern community in Alabama is working to promote clean waterways in the state. The Etowah County Extension is hosting a watershed planning workshop today at its office. Volunteers will discuss plans on how to take care of water in their community.