Black Warrior Riverkeeper

An industrial plant has polluted North Birmingham’s air, groundwater and soil for generations, but Alabama nonprofits look to combat this by filing an intent to sue. Groups including Black Warrior Riverkeeper and Southern Environmental Law Center discovered that Bluestone Coke has violated the Clean Water Act as well as its permit with the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM).

The U.S. Supreme Court says it will hear arguments regarding the on-going water war involving Alabama. The specific case is between Florida, and Georgia,…

Alabama Power recently released predictions on what would happen if coal ash dams were fail at their power plants. Coal ash is the waste left over from…

Coal was once king here in Alabama. But federal regulations and rising prices have forced changes in Alabama’s energy economy. This impacts both the…

There were a number of audiences being targeted during the race for the Presidency. One that hits home here in Alabama were coal workers. That energy…

Several water protection organizations have released an interactive map of the sewage spills that occurred in Alabama last year.According to the map, over…

Fourth of July celebrations in Tuscaloosa and Northport were complicated yesterday as the area continues to address a massive sewage spill.Northport…

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Black Warrior Riverkeeper are investigating after the city of Northport dumped tens of thousands of…

The ethics case of Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard is now in the hands of the jury. APR’s MacKenzie Bates reports from the TK Davis Justice Center in…

A new report on sanitation and drinking water has singled out Lowndes County, Alabama for its widespread lack of sewage systems for its…