Daphne Officials Tout Growing National Spotlight on Algae Systems Pilot Plant
Daphne leaders celebrated national media attention on a Mobile Bay algae-to-fuel pilot project that has invested millions in the local economy.
How Mobile Became a Key Hub in America’s Tar Sands Oil Pipeline Network
In the fall of 2013, a series of oil pipeline controversies thrust Mobile, Alabama, into the national spotlight, revealing the city’s growing role in America’s unconventional oil infrastructure. Two proposed…
How Mobile Became a Key Hub in America’s Tar Sands Oil Pipeline Network
Few cities felt the side effects of North America’s oil boom more unexpectedly than Mobile, Alabama. In the fall of 2013, a series of oil pipeline controversies thrust the city…
Mobile Comedian William Masters Marks BP Oil Spill Anniversary With Satirical Rap Single
A Mobile-based comedian found a creative way to mark the first anniversary of the nation’s worst offshore oil disaster, releasing a satirical rap single that channeled the frustration and dark…
Inside the Blowout: What It Would Take to Stop the Oil a Mile Beneath the Gulf
A plain-language guide to the Deepwater Horizon spill: why the blowout preventer failed, the three plans to stop the leak, how crude behaves at sea, and how this spill compares…