Mobile and Baldwin County News
Generations of Africatown residents have battled cancer and industrial pollution from neighboring paper mills, leading to a decades-long legal fight against International Paper that ended in a confidential settlement in…
Alabama regulators have scheduled a March 30 public hearing in Saraland on Alabama Power's plan to cap its coal ash pond in place at Plant Barry, a proposal environmental group…
State regulators heard testimony in Saraland on three permits for Alabama Power's Plant Barry, as environmental advocates pushed for stricter limits on wastewater discharges tied to the plant's coal ash…
Fire officials in Mobile and Baldwin counties are urging residents clearing Hurricane Sally debris not to burn it, citing a seasonal statewide burn ban in effect through October 31 and…
Alabama's top environmental regulator says state law does not require utilities to fully excavate coal ash ponds, defending the agency's reliance on inspections and cap-in-place closures over steep fines.
The Alabama Environmental Management Commission voted unanimously to extend ADEM Director Lance LeFleur's contract for another year, despite an overwhelming majority of public comments criticizing his handling of coal ash…
Alabama Power says the dam holding back a massive coal ash pond at its Plant Barry steam plant on the Mobile River is safe and reliable, even as environmental groups…
Alabama regulators are proposing $250,000 in fines against the AM/NS Calvert steel plant for air and water quality violations traced to an onsite acid regeneration facility, following a joint state-federal…
Alabama environmental regulators and the state attorney general have sued Daphne Utilities in Baldwin County Circuit Court, alleging the public utility made errors in reporting sewer spills.
Alabama environmental regulators and the state attorney general have sued Daphne Utilities in Baldwin County Circuit Court, alleging the public utility made errors in reporting sewer spills.