Mobile and Baldwin County News
Oyster beds in Mobile Bay are slowly coming back to life through restoration projects led by the Alabama Wildlife Federation and Mobile Baykeeper, timed to National Oyster Day.
Baldwin County and ADEM are partnering on a Clean Water Act-funded project to stabilize eroding roads and reduce pollution flowing into the Magnolia River.
Mobile Baykeeper has received a $56,013 NOAA Marine Debris Program grant to help remove litter from One Mile Creek, a waterway that flows into Three Mile Creek and the Mobile-Tensaw…
The 2026 Watershed Award winners include a stranding network scientist, a Fairhope park ranger, a freelance journalist, marine researchers and a longtime river monitor, all honored for protecting Mobile Bay.
The Alabama Coastal Cleanup will bring volunteers back to the state’s shoreline on September 17 for the event’s 35th year, according to the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.…
The Mobile Area Water and Sewer System (MAWSS) reported that approximately 439,445 gallons of wastewater overflowed into Mobile-area waterways following heavy rains on September 15-16, 2021. MAWSS identified 24 locations…
MOBILE, Ala. — Trash washing into Dog River has been a persistent problem for years, and a local group is poised to expand its cleanup work with the help of…
Alabama Power is defending its plan to permanently cap in place the coal ash pond at Plant Barry, even as environmental groups question the utility's approach to groundwater contamination and…
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…
State health officials say Eight Mile residents are being affected by a persistent odor tied to a 2008 mercaptan spill at a Mobile Gas facility, though they stopped short of…