Getting Off Cheap
Remember this post from about three weeks ago, all about how the Alabama Department of Transportation had botched a road construction project and contaminated Mobile’s water supply with massive amounts...
View ArticleExpress Yourself
NBC-13 wants to know what we think about an elevated Highway 280. Actually, the poll question is, “Will an elevated highway solve the 280 traffic problem?” I think a world of no. Thought so before, but...
View ArticleScientists To Use Locks To Ferry Fish
This is cool! Scientists have a plan to stop the greatest chain of aquatic extinctions in the United States, which began when Alabama’s rivers were dammed in the 20th century and river creatures were...
View ArticleDel, Perhaps We Should Consider Moving
The Environmental Protection Agency published a study today warning Southern states to expect serious consequences from the ongoing effects of global warming. Gulf Coast states are most at risk. …The...
View ArticleRonald McDonald, pull tabs, and American giving
I just filled out a survey from kiva, a charity I admire and support, and that got me thinking about something I’ve been half-intending to post about, so here goes. A while back, a friend of mine said...
View ArticleCity Council to Reconsider Vote on SWMA, Malcolm Pirnie
If you have followed this story at all, you know the Council voted to withdraw from the Storm Water Management Agency, pretty much tanking what has been an effective regional vehicle for monitoring...
View ArticleCouncil Re-Approves Malcolm Pirnie Contract
It took a while, but I finally found a news report that details yesterday’s Birmingham City Council re-vote on the Malcolm Pirnie contract. I think Sansou was right; the Trinity announcement was a...
View ArticleGreening the Holidays
Okay, I know I asked you not to shop today, but if you must: Join us Wednesday, December 10, at the Red Rain Environmental Store (2803 18th Street South, Homewood, AL 35209) – with light refreshments...
View ArticlePBS Zombie Highway Story Online
If you missed Monday’s Blueprint America story on the proposed Northern Beltline, you can watch it online here. Although there is a brief visual of the route, no one points out that this supposed...
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