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Clean water is vital to a healthy lifestyle, good coffee/beer/sweet tea/lemonade, and good times for the many who enjoy swimming, fishing, and boating. But y’all, we have a problem and it’s name is coal ash .

I’m helping Alabama explore, enjoy, and protect the environment by creating hands-on interactive classes through my nonprofits’ (Alabama Environmental Council) brand new Master Conservationist Program. The pilot program is launching this August, and...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Alabama Rivers Alliance and Black Warrior Riverkeeper have partnered to donate to the Birmingham Public Library (BPL) 19 copies of the latest edition of Southern Exposure, a film series educating the public about Alabama’s...

An Alabama federal judge has ruled that Drummond Company is violating the Clean Water Act by continuously discharging acid mine drainage into the Black Warrior River’s Locust Fork from the Maxine Mine site. In an order issued May 7, Judge Abdul...

Harmony, truly, is what we seek as environmentalists. Let us perform small acts, every day, that represent our commitment to protecting the Earth and continue the legacy as defenders of nature, as a part of-Our Sierra Club.

The legislature tackled a handful of controversial bills this week, including a proposed lottery and the legalization of medical marijuana. While legislators worked on these hot-button issues, no one wanted to touch SB 244/HB 346, the bills to...

Earthjustice on behalf of Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future, Gasp, Louisiana Bucket Brigade, and Sierra Club, sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for improperly regulating coke ovens – producers of known carcinogens – thus failing to...

Thursday, April 18, Representative Neil Rafferty (D-54) introduced HB 476, the Water Conservation and Security Act, which will improve Alabama’s system of water management to better protect our rivers and streams for the quality of Alabama’s...

Because of potential harsh weather Thursday evening (April 18), and possible hazardous driving conditions, Auburn-Montgomery personnel have asked us to postpone our meeting scheduled for that date. The meeting, with Catherine Coleman Flowers as our...

The 2019 election for the Sierra Club national Board of Directors will be held on April 24, 2019.   There are a total of eight candidates for five open seats. Ballots will be mailed, either electronically or via postal mail,...