Mobile and Baldwin County News
Coverage of environment from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
A coalition of environmental and historic-neighborhood advocates criticized Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson in July 2014 for replacing half of the Planning Commission, calling the reshaped panel pro-industry.
Two Gulf Shores beaches and the public beach on Dauphin Island were named national water-quality 'superstars' in an annual study, ranking among the cleanest of thousands of coastal beaches nationwide.
Researchers at the University of South Alabama found that the vertical seawalls lining much of Mobile Bay's residential shoreline harm natural habitat and cost more to maintain than marsh.
Deepwater Horizon Claims Administrator Patrick Juneau planned a Mobile press conference to update officials on the settlement process, reporting thousands of claims filed and millions in determination letters.
Residents and visitors across coastal Alabama were invited to take part in the national Hands Across the Sand movement on Saturday, June 25, 2011, with simultaneous gatherings planned at three…
Residents and visitors across coastal Alabama were invited to take part in the national Hands Across the Sand movement on Saturday, June 25, 2011, with simultaneous gatherings planned at three…
Baldwin County leaders asked voters to approve a stormwater management measure on the November ballot, but a wave of anti-government sentiment and a 'rain tax' label left the proposal facing…
The Coast Guard rescued three crew members and confirmed a fourth reached shore after a tugboat partially sank in Mobile Bay in October 2009.
A Sears call center on Demetropolis Road planned to hire about 200 customer service and sales workers in Mobile in early 2009.
A 2008 WKRG report detailed a curbside paper and cardboard recycling program serving several West Mobile neighborhoods.