Alabama Environmental News

Thursday, January 26th, 2012
E.P.A. to Hold Public Availability Sessions Concerning Actions in Areas of North Birmingham
... 30, 2012 regarding ongoing and planned activities in Birmingham, AL. Representatives from EPA, the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM), th...

Thursday, January 19th, 2012
Asthma and Radon Workshop to be held in Birmingham, Alabama
... ATLANTA - Representatives from the E.P.A. (EPA) and the Alabama Radon Education Plan - Alabama Cooperative Extens...

Saturday, December 31st, 2011
Tennessee Valley Authority Dedicates 43 kW Solar Funded by Voluntary Plan
...Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) dedicated 2 solar sites located in Huntsville, Alabama and Dyer, Tennessee, which began generating solar...

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
N.O.A.A. awards research grant to help prevent toxin-induced seafood poisoning in Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean
...itution; Deana Erdner, University of Texas Marine Science Institute; Ron Kiene, University of South Alabama; Yuri Okolodkov, University of Veracruz, Mexico; ...

Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
Inhofe Opening Statement: Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife hearing on Our Nation's Water Infrastructure: Challenges and Opportunities
... that the water and wildlife subcommittee is tackling this issue which is so important to Maryland, Alabama, California, Oklahoma, and to the rest of the US....

Monday, December 12th, 2011
Energy Department Awards In excess of $7 Million for Innovative Hydrogen Storage Technologies in Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles
...on - Eugene, Oregon - Up to $2.0 million The University of Oregon, along with The University of Alabama, DOE's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and...

Friday, December 9th, 2011
E.P.A. Awards 6 Environmental Justice Grants in the Southeast / Also declares solicitation for 2012 grants
...orated (Mobile, AL) will train property owners, business owners, and others who live and work along Alabama's 670 miles of tidally influenced shoreline to id...

Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
Southeast Facilities Ordered to Comply with Clean Water Act; Penalties Total In excess of $180,000
...for violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA). As part of the settlements, the responsible parties in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North C...

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
Lafarge North America Incorporated Agrees to Pay $740,000 Penalty to Resolve Clean Water Act Violations in 5 States / Ready-mix concrete producer agrees to invest an estimated $8 million to enhance environmental compliance at 189 facilities in the
...ed discharges of stormwater at 21 stone, gravel, sand, asphalt and ready-mix concrete facilities in Alabama, Colorado, Georgia, Maryland, and New York. Storm...