Mobile and Baldwin County News
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management has proposed a $35,000 fine against Alabama Power after the utility exceeded allowable hydrochloric acid emissions at its Plant Barry plant in north Mobile…
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…
As Hurricane Sally bore down on the Gulf Coast with forecasts of 10 to 15 inches of rain, environmental advocates turned their attention to the nearly 21 million cubic yards…
Ten years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, Alabama has received more than $790 million in BP-funded restoration and expects over $1.4 billion more — but officials and environmentalists say the…
MOBILE, Ala. — Organizers of the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service cleanup at Eslava Creek planned to press ahead despite the threat of rain, with volunteers set…
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…
The mayor of a small Shelby County town has become an unlikely central voice in a statewide debate over how Alabama Power should handle decades of coal ash stored at…
It will be all about the food Wednesday night at Cooper Riverside Park as Mobile Baykeeper’s Young Advisory Council hosts the annual Bay Bites food truck festival. The event brings…
MOBILE, Ala. — A massive coal ash pond at Alabama Power’s Plant Barry sits just feet from the Mobile River, holding roughly 20 million tons of contaminated residue behind an…
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…