Sipsey Wilderness Completes 50-year Journey with New 40-acre Addition
Fifty years after it was first created, Alabama’s Sipsey Wilderness is now complete thanks to a recent 40-acre addition to the historic wilderness area.
Are the Birmingham suburbs really recycling?
Bill Dawson doesn’t believe that there’s much recycling going on anymore in the Birmingham suburbs. “It’s a perplexing situation, because my neighbors think recycling is going on, and it seems like it’s sort of a farce,” Dawson said.
Like others, he’s been told to drop his plastic bottles and cardboard into the bin with his trash, and someone else will sort it out later. But he doesn’t believe there’s so much sorting and recycling happening down the road at the “magic garbage machine” in Montgomery.
Why You Should Hike Alabama’s Sipsey Wilderness This Winter
How the “Land of 1,000 Waterfalls” transforms into a winter emerald oasis. No matter which trailhead you choose, it doesn’t take a long hike into Alabama’s Sipsey Wilderness to step back in time a few millennia. The sounds of rushing water are never far away from the primitive footpaths, which usher visitors into a lush landscape where spring-fed creeks have long carved their way over, around, and through imposing boulders and rock walls. And in winter, the rewards of hiking and camping here multiply.
Toxic coal ash: EPA says Alabama doesn't protect public or waterways from contamination
St. Clair County — Coal ash contamination threatens our waterways, wildlife, fish and drinking water according to the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA says Alabama’s plan to clean up the toxic industrial waste does not do enough to protect the public. The agency is proposing to deny Alabama’s permit program.
Alabama Black Belt Becomes Environmental Justice Test Case: Is Sanitation a Civil Right?
The Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice recently announced that Alabama had agreed to remediate a sewage crisis in majority-Black Lowndes County.
Public hearing on coal ash storage in Alabama this week: EPA challenges Alabama's controversial environmental strategy
MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — This Wednesday you can voice your opinion about how coal ash is stored in Alabama. The Environmental Protection Agency is holding a public hearing in Montgomery. The hearing follows the EPA’s announcement in August that it was cracking down on how the state allows utilities to store coal ash, which is the byproduct from coal-fired power plants that contains contaminants like mercury and arsenic. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management approved the plan for Alabama Power to cap and keep in place the coal ash at Plant Barry that sits on Mobile River in Mobile County.