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  • Chilling Effect Removed for Coal Challenges

    Alabama Coalfield Citizens Win with Black Warrior Riverkeeper’s Lawsuit   For Immediate Release: November 3, 2016 Contact: Eva Dillard, Staff Attorney, Black Warrior Riverkeeper: (205) 458-0095, [email protected] Birmingham, Ala. – Alabama citizens can now challenge decisions by the Alabama Surface Mining Commission without risking financial ruin.  Thanks to the settlement […]

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  • Sewage Notification

    Alabama Groups Request Better Public Notification of Sewage Spills Statewide Petition Pushes for Meaningful Process to Warn and Protect Public For Immediate Release: March 7, 2017 Contact: Nelson Brooke, Black Warrior Riverkeeper: 205-458-0095, [email protected] Eva Dillard, staff attorney, Black Warrior Riverkeeper: 205-458-0095, [email protected] Montgomery, AL— Today, nine conservation groups from […]

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  • Citizens Advisory Board Opposes Shepherd Bend Mine

     Citizens Advisory Board Urges UA to Stop the Shepherd Bend Mine   August 18, 2014 Birmingham, AL – Representing all 99 of the city’s neighborhood associations, Birmingham’s Citizens Advisory Board unanimously passed a Resolution urging The University of Alabama System Trustees (UA) to stop the proposed Shepherd Bend Mine from […]

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  • Wildlife Intervention

    Conservation Groups Join Legal Battle over Protections for Endangered Wildlife For Immediate Release: February 28, 2017 Contact: Catherine Wannamaker, Southern Environmental Law Center, [email protected], 843-720-5270 Haley McKey, Defenders of Wildlife, [email protected], 202-772-0247 Natalie Olson, South Carolina Coastal Conservation League, [email protected], 843-723-8035 Charles Scribner, Black Warrior Riverkeeper, [email protected], 205-458-0095 Mobile, AL—Conservation […]

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  • Clean Water Act 40th Anniversary

    Black Warrior Riverkeeper Celebrates 40th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act For Immediate Release October 16, 2012 Birmingham – When Congress passed the Clean Water Act in 1972, it envisioned stopping additional polluted water from flowing into our nation’s waters by 1985. Forty years later, the Clean Water Act has […]

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  • Clean Water Groups Challenge Rosa Coal Mine

    CLEAN WATER GROUPS CHALLENGE MASSIVE COAL MINE IN BLACK WARRIOR WATERSHED November 20, 2009 Southern Environmental Law Center: Gil Rogers, Senior Attorney, 404-314-8887 Cat McCue, Senior Communications Manager, 434-977-4090 Representing: Black Warrior Riverkeeper, Nelson Brooke, 205-458-0095 The Friends of the Locust Fork River, Sam Howell, 205-706-4376 Birmingham – In another […]

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  • Southern Exposure 2016 in Birmingham Public Library

    Southern Environmental Law Center and Black Warrior Riverkeeper donate 2016 Southern Exposure films to Birmingham Public Library Update 2/1/2017: Southern Exposure DVDs are now in all Jefferson County library locations!  For press release click here. For Immediate Release: December 2, 2016 Contact: Roy L. Williams, Director of Public Relations, Birmingham […]

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  • Public Hearing December 5 on Uniontown Sewage

    Public Hearing on Uniontown’s Failing Sewage Treatment System For Immediate Release: December 1, 2016 Press Release by Black Belt Citizens Fighting for Health & Justice Contact: Ben Eaton, Vice President, Black Belt Citizens Fighting for Health & Justice: 334-507-8951 On Monday December 5th at 5 PM, the City of Uniontown, Alabama […]

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  • Protect the Black Warrior Waterdog

    Take Action: Protect the Black Warrior Waterdog The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has proposed to list the Black Warrior waterdog (Necturus alabamensis), a rare aquatic salamander found only in the Black Warrior River basin in Alabama, as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act.  The FWS has […]

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  • Clean Water Restoration Act

    Released on Rivers of Alabama Day, A New Report Shows Waters in Alabama and Across Nation Losing Protections From Pollution. Elected Officials Urged to Get Congress to Fix the Broken Clean Water Act. For Release: April 14, 2009 Contact: Cindy Lowry, Alabama Rivers Alliance (205)322-6395 Nelson Brooke, Black Warrior Riverkeeper […]

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