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  • Clean Water Restoration Act Report by Environment America

    Environment America Warns that Alabama’s Waterways are at Risk of Increased Pollution February 10, 2010 Contact: Heather Emmert, Gulf States Field Organizer for Environment America: 504-525-1528 x200 or 817-312-0079, [email protected] In partnership with: Black Warrior Riverkeeper (www.blackwarriorriver.org) Alabama Rivers Alliance (www.alabamrivers.org) Streams and wetlands in Alabama are at risk of […]

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  • Coal Ash Maps

    Alabama Power Coal Ash Maps Illustrate Potential Danger to River and Public FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 25, 2017 CONTACT: Nelson Brooke, Riverkeeper: (205) 458-0095, [email protected] (Birmingham, AL) – Alabama Power recently released coal ash inundation maps for five of its power plants in Alabama, including all three power plants located […]

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  • Maxine Mine Lawsuit

    Groups Sue Drummond over Abandoned Mine’s Pollution of the Locust Fork For Immediate Release: September 1, 2016 Contact: Barry Brock, Southern Environmental Law Center, 205-745-3060, [email protected] Eva Dillard, Black Warrior Riverkeeper, 205-458-0095, [email protected] Richard Webster, Public Justice, 202-630-5708, [email protected] Birmingham, AL— Conservation groups have filed a lawsuit in the U.S. […]

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  • Sewage Pollution in Uniontown

    Take Action to End Sewage Pollution in Uniontown Take a minute to support healthy communities and clean streams.  Join our partner group Black Belt Citizens Fighting for Health & Justice in asking the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) to demand a state-of-the-art wastewater treatment plant for Uniontown, Alabama.  For […]

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  • Save the Black Warrior 2016

    SweetWater Helps “Save the Black Warrior” in Birmingham and Tuscaloosa For Immediate Release: July 8, 2016 BIRMINGHAM / TUSCALOOSA – SweetWater Brewing Company’s annual “Save Our Water” program returns to Birmingham and Tuscaloosa in July and August to support Black Warrior Riverkeeper, a nonprofit clean water advocacy organization.  Sales of […]

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  • Court Rules in Favor of Flawed Northern Beltline

    Court Rules in Favor of Flawed Northern Beltline Project   Press Release from the Southern Environmental Law Center and Black Warrior Riverkeeper For Release: January 20, 2016 Contact: Gil Rogers, Senior Attorney, Southern Environmental Law Center, [email protected], 404-521-9900 Birmingham, AL – The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of […]

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  • Court Upholds Citizen Enforcement of Clean Water Act

    For Immediate Release November 18, 2008 U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Citizen Suit Enforcement of Clean Water Act In Black Warrior Riverkeeper v. Cherokee Mining, LLC, the federal Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on November 13, 2008 that a Clean Water Act citizen suit is not barred […]

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  • Northern Beltline Not In Top Fifty

    Map of Alabama’s Top 50 Transportation Projects Highlights State’s Imbalanced Approach to Infrastructure For Immediate Release: May 12, 2016 Contacts: Sarah Stokes, Southern Environmental Law Center, 434-906-9323, [email protected] Nelson Brooke, Black Warrior Riverkeeper, 205-458-0095, [email protected] Birmingham, AL—A map released today of Alabama’s 50 most needed road improvements, the total cost […]

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  • Cruisin on the River

    Black Warrior Riverkeeper Celebrates 10 Years of Service on June 6 “Cruisin’ on the River”: Beer, Food, Tunes and a Sunset Cruise Tuscaloosa – On Wednesday, June 6, 2012, from 5:30pm to 8:30pm, Black Warrior Riverkeeper will celebrate 10 years of clean water advocacy with the event “Cruisin’ on the […]

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  • Deadly Deception II on March 1st at the Carver Theatre

    CBS 42 Showing “Deadly Deception II” on March 1st at the Carver Theatre For Immediate Release February 22, 2012 Contact: Sonya DiCarlo, Special Projects Producer, CBS 42 (205) 837-3103, [email protected] Charles Scribner, Executive Director, Black Warrior Riverkeeper: (205) 458-0095, [email protected] Birmingham – On Thursday March 1, CBS 42 will show […]

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