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  • Godsey Easement Update

     Endangered Fish Habitat Improved Thanks to Black Warrior Riverkeeper and Freshwater Land Trust For Immediate Release: November 7, 2025 Contact: Charles Scribner, Executive Director, Black Warrior Riverkeeper: 205-458-0095, [email protected] Rebekah Correia, Outreach and Communications Director, Freshwater Land Trust: 205-417-2777, [email protected] Birmingham, AL: The Powderly neighborhood in west Birmingham is home […]

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  • PB Services Lawsuit

    Black Warrior Riverkeeper sues PB Services, LLC for polluting the Locust Fork For immediate release: October 16, 2025 Contact: Eva Dillard, Staff Attorney, Black Warrior Riverkeeper, 205-458-0095, [email protected] BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Today, Black Warrior Riverkeeper filed a lawsuit against PB Services, LLC for violating the federal Clean Water Act at Bessie Mine […]

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  • Southern Exposure in JCLC 2025

    New Southern Exposure DVDs donated to all Jefferson County Library locations For Immediate Release: September 10, 2025 Contact: Tobin Cataldo, executive director, Jefferson County Library Cooperative: [email protected], (205) 226-3615 Cindy Lowry, executive director, Alabama Rivers Alliance: [email protected], (205) 322-6395 Charles Scribner, executive director, Black Warrior Riverkeeper: [email protected], (205) 458-0095 BIRMINGHAM, […]

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  • Southern Exposure in BPL 2025

    Southern Exposure Films Donated to all 17 Birmingham Public Library Locations For Immediate Release: Wednesday, August 13, 2025 Contact: Roy L. Williams, Director of Public Relations, Birmingham Public Library: 205-226-3604 (office), 205-572-1359 (cell), [email protected] BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Alabama Rivers Alliance and Black Warrior Riverkeeper have donated to the Birmingham Public Library (BPL) 17 […]

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  • Year 20 for Charles Scribner

    Charles Scribner’s 20th Year at Black Warrior Riverkeeper In celebrating 20 years of dedicated service, we honor our Executive Director, whose unwavering commitment and kind spirit have not only transformed the Black Warrior Riverkeeper but have also inspired countless individuals, including myself. His leadership has created pathways for growth and […]

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  • Pollution Standards Victory

    Legal Victory Requires EPA to Reconsider Outdated Industrial Water Pollution Standards For Immediate Release: June 18, 2025 Contact: Eva Dillard, Black Warrior Riverkeeper: (205) 458-0095, [email protected] Ari Phillips, Environmental Integrity Project, (202) 263-4456, [email protected] Hannah Connor, Center for Biological Diversity, (202) 681-1676, [email protected] SAN FRANCISCO— The 9th Circuit Court of […]

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  • Toxicity Victory

    Groups Successful in Updating Toxic Pollutant Values to Protect Health of Alabamians For Immediate Release: June 17, 2025 Contact: Eva Dillard, Black Warrior Riverkeeper: (205) 458-0095, [email protected] David Ludder: (850) 386-5671, [email protected] A Petition for Rulemaking was granted on Friday by the Alabama Environmental Management Commission (AEMC) after seven conservation […]

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  • Stop Tuscaloosa’s Sewage Spills

    Take Action: Stop Tuscaloosa’s Chronic Sewage Spills Black Warrior Riverkeeper and the Friends of Hurricane Creek have a petition on Action Network telling Mayor Walt Maddox and the City Council of Tuscaloosa to Stop Tuscaloosa’s chronic sewage spills. The city of Tuscaloosa’s sewage system chronically overflows harmful sewage and industrial […]

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  • 2025 Munson Intern

    UA student wins Munson Foundation scholarship with Black Warrior Riverkeeper For Immediate Release: June 3, 2025 Contact: Charles Scribner, executive director, Black Warrior Riverkeeper: [email protected], 205-458-0095 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Curtis and Edith Munson Foundation has awarded Ella Kate Baker, a current student of The University of Alabama’s College of Communication […]

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  • Backroom Deals in our Backyards

    Backroom Deals in Our Backyards: Book Talk and Signing Wednesday, May 14, 2025 – 4:00 PM at The Alabama Booksmith The Alabama Booksmith and Black Warrior Riverkeeper are pleased to host author Miranda Spivack (https://www.mirandaspivack.com/), a former Washington Post reporter and Fulbright scholar, talking about her Studs and Ida Terkel Prize-winning […]

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