News

Two areas of special interest that involve all our environmental concerns are Climate Change (which affects the global population) and Environmental Justice (which affects the most vulnerable of our population)

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) will accept written comments from the public on 3 proposed permits for the James M. Barry Electric Generating Plant (Plant Barry) near Mobile.

On Monday, the Sierra Club asked the Alabama Public Service Commission (PSC) to reconsider a billion-dollar Southern Company fracked gas proposal, citing secret negotiations that the company and its subsidiary Alabama Power kept from the Commission...

If you are concerned about voting in person during a pandemic and you are otherwise qualified to vote, you can now vote via absentee ballot in Alabama. (see the Secretary of State website here) Absentee voting rules for 2020 have been modified to...

By buying and burning dirty fuels like coal and gas, Alabama Power is damaging the people and the environment right in its own backyard.

Alabama Power often claims to be helping communities across Alabama, but this narrative contradicts the company’s actions on pivotal issues that impact the health of Alabama communities.

The Alabama Chapter Executive Committee has elected Joi Travis as Chapter Chair and Casie Jones as Vice Chair. Joi is the first African-American to serve as Chair since the inception of the Alabama Chapter.

As Alabama Chapter treasurer, I promote environmental causes by handling the Sierra Club’s money. I leave the environmental education and political activity to other people who are better at those activities than I am.

Alabama Power quietly announced public meetings starting Monday, June 29 about their plans to cap-in-place 5 coal ash dumps throughout the state, where they have been polluting groundwater for years. While the meetings are required by law, Alabama...