It’s the 40th Earth Day, making those among us who remember the first Earth Day in 1970 feel a bit ancient. However, Earth Day is a time to look forward, not back. There are lots of cool eco-activitie

Adam Snyder, executive director of Conservation Alabama, is providing Green Space with regular updates regarding the status of key bills related to the environment during the current session of the Al

PlantMyPhone sounds like a ridiculously stupid concept. Because if cell phones grew on trees, then I’d have a cell phone tree outside for the two times every year I drop mine in the toilet, smash it o

On Tuesday, March 16, the EPA invited the public to comment on issues being faced in water quality control. EPA will use the feedback in various ways at its upcoming “Coming Together for Clean Water”

When I first heard of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management’s (ADEM) No Idling Campaign, I assumed it was meant to discourage laziness. As a fan and sometime practitioner of laziness, I f

In a push for better regulation of coal ash, a byproduct of burning coal, people from around the country are writing letters and inviting the Obama administration to visit their homes and see the effe

It is 2010, 40 years since the first Earth Day (the anniversary is coming up on April 22) and 40 years since the Clean Air Act Extension of 1970 was signed into law. And lots of good has happened sinc

I assumed it was when you turn your home into a militia training camp and learn to sew Confederate battle flags, mix gunpowder, store guns and care for the children while your husband is fighting the

Some may see it as a loss when the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and the NOAA Fisheries Service propose that a species should be classified as “endangered” rather than the less severe “threatened,”

A frequent criticism of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, which is tasked with fining polluters for their violations, is that their fines are often inadequate to deter pollution. Tha