Blog posts from around the country
Alabama Chapter
Alabama Power recently released Plant Barry’s coal ash pond Inundation Maps detailing areas, including parts of the Mobile-Tensaw Delta, which would be covered with toxic coal ash if a dam failure were to occur. The maps are part of Alabama Power’s…
Alabama Chapter
In addition to the seven permits that were part of the dispute in early 2017, all sewage plant permits in Alabama will incorporate these revised regulations as they come up for renewal over the next five years. That update represents an important…
Alabama Chapter
Peggie Griffin received the Special Service Award in Washington, D.C. last month. The Award was presented by Loren Blackford, the reigning president of Sierra Club.
Alabama Chapter
Shelby County and the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) are proposing to expand Cahaba Beach Road from Highway 280 to Sicard Hollow Road. They will offer a Public Involvement Meeting where they present their alternatives for the location…
Alabama Chapter
Invasive taro is a deadly danger to Cahaba lilies. Our staff and partners are working in the Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge working to eradicate the plants from lily habitat.
Wisconsin Chapter
Today, a bus filled with students and other activists from around Wisconsin traveled to St. Paul for the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) hearing on an oil pipeline that would bring oil from Canada into Superior, Wisconsin through…
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
Curbside Recycling to Resume in Houston! The City of Houston has announced the resumption of curbside recycling collection starting Monday, November 13, 2017. The resumption of service is... (Read more)
Florida Chapter
Allowing mining in wetlands adjacent to the New River, which flows directly into the upper Santa Fe River, will be harmful to the downstream system.
Florida Chapter
Duke Energy Florida filed a settlement that includes a four-year investment of almost $6 billion into 700 megawatts of solar power and a 50 megawatt battery storage program.