CITIZENS’ GROUP CALLS FOR ACTION ON PROPOSED MINE

A proposed coal mine on the Locust Fork of the Black Warrior River has prompted a group of “concerned citizens” to hold a meeting about the facility and set up a web site. The mine, a project of MCoal

Green Space

“GREEN-COLLAR” ADDED TO DICTIONARY

By Madison Underwood

The phrase “green-collar” was one of about 100 words and phrases added to the 11th edition of the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary. The dictionary defines “green-collar” as an adjective meaning “

Green Space

SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE FEATURES CAHABA RIVER

By Madison Underwood

Alabama’s Cahaba River is “as fascinating as any jungle,” Michelle Nijhuis writes in the July issue of Smithsonian Magazine. Her article, “The Cahaba: A River of Riches,” praises the river’s species d

Green Space

NOAA AWARDS GRANT FOR MOBILE OYSTER REEF

By Madison Underwood

Out-of-work oystermen will be employed in an effort to build two 2,500-foot oyster reefs in Mobile County. The Mobile Press-Register reported early this month that The Nature Conservancy has received

Hopped Up

How the hops were freed & the future of Free the Hops

By Madison Underwood

When Alabama governor Bob Riley signed the Gourmet Beer Bill on May 22, Free the Hops founder Danner Kline headed to J. Clyde for a beer, which he shared with many of the beer lovers he credits with t

Green Space

High pay, little work

If you lose your job due to the climate legislation recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, you could be eligible to receive 70 percent of your current salary for up to three years along with other benefits, a Washington Times report reveale

By Madison Underwood

If you lose your job due to the climate legislation recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, you could be eligible to receive 70 percent of your current salary for up to three years along

Green Space

"Green Jobs": What does the term mean, anyway?

green job (gr?n j?b) n. A term used in a reckless manner to describe such wide-ranging modes of employment that the expression may have lost its meaning before it even had one.

By Madison Underwood

green job (gr?n j?b) n. A term used in a reckless manner to describe such wide-ranging modes of employment that the expression may have lost its meaning before it even had one. There’s been

Free film showing highlights Alabama wish-granting charity

By Madison Underwood

Like all great gifts, The Ultimate Gift was a surprise. It's not that I didn't expect the movie to show up in my mailbox. Jim McCormick, a friend and a partner at wealth management firm Pryor McCormic

Local Dish

Good People and growlers in your living room

If you want to enjoy Good People brews at home, you can purchase a half-gallon "growler" bottle from Good People and have it filled at Dee's Package Store.

By Madison Underwood

Enjoying a cold draft beer straight from a tap and is one of modern life's great pleasures (and one of the beer marketing industry's favorite topics). Unfortunately, few of us have the money or the te

Green Space

A ride with the riverkeeper

Black Warrior Riverkeeper patrols, protects and helps restores the Black Warrior River. The Weekly tagged along with Nelson Brooke.

By Madison Underwood

“I think we’re going to have to take an excursion,” says Nelson Brooke. He is standing up at the helm of the Black Warrior Riverkeeper boat. It is Wednesday, May 20, and Brooke has spotted gray water