Tennessee Riverkeeper

An environmental nonprofit is making strides in protecting a waterway that stretches into Alabama. Keep the Tennessee River Beautiful is celebrating as successful 2023 with record breaks and new milestones, including 218,729 pounds of trash removed from the Tennessee River. Keep the Tennessee River Beautiful is an affiliate of the Keep America Beautiful organization, the first to focus solely on a river.

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.

Water quality activists are weighing the benefits of a partial court settlement over water quality in the Decatur area this week. U.S. District Judge…

A group of environmental advocates in north Alabama have announced their intent to sue utilities boards in Muscle Shoals and Tuscumbia over violations of…

Alabama’s Attorney General Luther Strange is asking the state Ethics Commission to reconsider an opinion that he says may undermine the state ethics…

The subject of cyber security is taking center stage in Huntsville today. The University of Alabama at Huntsville is hosting a cyber security summit to…

The Tennessee Riverkeeper has announced its intention to sue several entities including chemical manufacturer 3M over pollution in the Wheeler…