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The Trump administration is reportedly moving to roll back a series of safety regulations related to offshore drilling. The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) earlier this month submitted a proposal to the White House budget...

Are you interested in how to protect the water in your community and/or across the state? Make plans now to attend Alabama Water Rally! March 16-18 in Montgomery, AL. It's THE do not miss event for water protectors throughout the state!

Attention Filmmakers! Applications are open NOW for the 2018 Southern Exposure Film Fellowship Program!Southern Exposure provides a positive and challenging learning experience to exceptional film students and emerging filmmakers from across the...

Mobile, Ala.—A new program focused on coastal bird monitoring and stewardship in Mobile and Baldwin Counties launched today with the opening of Birmingham Audubon’s Coastal Programs Office at 118 North Royal Street. Science and program-management...

When local Chimney Swift populations return from South America next spring, at least one lucky breeding pair is in for a treat. Thanks to the fundraising efforts of Birmingham Audubon’s Junior Board, the enthusiasm of Jones Valley Teaching Farm,...

Mobile Baykeeper filed to intervene in the State of Alabama’s lawsuit against Utilities Board of Daphne (“Daphne Utilities”) in Circuit Court on Tuesday, December 19, 2017 for numerous violations of the Clean Water Act and the Alabama Water...

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Earlier this fall, the U.S. House voted on and passed the so-called “Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017” (H.R. 2936). The legislation proposes to create massive categorical exclusions (CEs) to allow tens of thousands of acres—15 to 45 square...

A recent analysis of data reported by industry indicates that nearly ten million pounds of toxic chemicals were dumped into Alabama’s rivers in 2015. Over 50,000 pounds of those chemicals are carcinogens, and over a quarter million of them cause...

Via the Cahaba River Society. Your right to clean water is in danger! Send your written comments to EPA by November 28 to Defend the Clean Water Act!EPA is trying to greatly narrow the coverage of the Clean Water Act, rewriting the rules so that...