“I firmly believe that the TVA, ADEM, EPA and Perry County Commission have teamed up to present a willful campaign of misinformation designed to facilitate the placement of this toxic mess in an envir

COMMISSION GIVES MORE TIME TO SELECTION OF DIRECTOR: The Alabama Environmental Management Commission will take applications for the open Executive Director position at the Alabama Department of Enviro

You may not give a shit about global warming or believe humans can do anything about it, but if you own a business, you will likely be affected by increasing government restrictions on carbon emission

LITTLE RIVER CANYON NOT SO LITTLE: According to a report in Monday’s Birmingham News, a 2,186-acre plot next to the Little River Canyon National Preserve in Cherokee County has been purchased for pres

If it’s true that we’re in the nascent stages of an economic “green revolution,” with an increasing number of “green” jobs, then it’s important to ensure equal access to those jobs for everyone, inclu

GETTING GREENER: A new report from the Homewood-based Green Resource Center of Alabama suggests that our state made significant improvements in its environmental friendliness in 2009. The GRCA Green R

Cindy Lowry is executive director of the Alabama Rivers Alliance, a nonprofit working to protect and restore Alabama’s waterways. An Alabama native, Lowry received her bachelor’s degree in Wildlife S

TALKIN’ GRAVESTONE BLUES: According to a news release from the Geological Society of America, studying gravestones can help us track changes over time in the earth’s rainfall and atmospheric chemistry

HEY, IT’S COLD AT THE F**KIN’ POLE: Dan Satterfield, a meteorologist at WHNT TV in Huntsville, Ala., is going to the South Pole in January 2010 as part of a National Science Foundation educational mis

AND SOMETIMES BUSINESS IS THE SOLUTION: Some of you may know of Greenetrack, a former greyhound racing track (they still simulcast races from other tracks and take bets) and current electronic bingo h