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  • Save Our Water 2015

    SweetWater Helps Black Warrior Riverkeeper “Save Our Water”  TUSCALOOSA — From July 3 through Labor Day, SweetWater Brewing Company’s annual “Save Our Water” campaign encourages folks to “give of their liver to save the river” in a multifaceted fundraising effort for Waterkeeper Alliance, a global movement of on-the-water advocates. Funds […]

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  • Drummond Shepherd Bend Mine announcement

    Statement on Drummond’s Shepherd Bend Mine announcement This afternoon (July 19, 2015), we received inquiries from several reporters about a press release that Drummond Company had just sent them.  The release stated that Drummond will not renew its permit to mine coal at Shepherd Bend.  Needless to say, that was […]

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  • UA PR Intern Wins Grant

    UA PR Student Earns Munson Grant to Intern at Black Warrior Riverkeeper June 12, 2015 Contact: Charles Scribner, Executive Director, Black Warrior Riverkeeper: [email protected], 205-458-0095 Kristen Ellis, UA communications intern, Black Warrior Riverkeeper: [email protected], 334-315-2764 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Kristen Ellis, a native of Letohatchee, Ala., has received a grant from the Curtis […]

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  • Metro Tire Landfill Update

    Metro Tire Landfill Update   On August 30, 2007, along with The Friends of the Locust Fork River, we sued Metro Recycling’s tire landfill for unpermitted water pollution discharges into an unnamed tributary of White’s Creek, a tributary of the Black Warrior River’s Locust Fork. Results from our samples showed […]

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  • Earthbounds Earthfest 2015

    Earthbound’s Earthfest Benefits Black Warrior Riverkeeper on April 18   UPDATE: Earthbound​’s Earthfest is ON! TODAY 2pm to Sundown at Avondale Brewery​! Please bring cash/check for $5 entry donation and the great vendors! For Immediate Release: April 2, 2015 Contact: Charles Scribner, Executive Director, Black Warrior Riverkeeper: (205) 458-0095, [email protected] […]

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  • Nationwide Permit 21 Decision Remand

    Federal Court Requires Corps to Rectify Error on Water Impacts of Coal Mining Permit along Alabama’s Black Warrior River   Press Release from the Southern Environmental Law Center and Black Warrior Riverkeeper For Release: March 24, 2015 Contact: Catherine Wannamaker, Senior Attorney, Southern Environmental Law Center, (650) 793-3372 Nelson Brooke, […]

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  • Help Protect Americans From Coal Ash

    TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress not to undermine EPA’s new Coal Ash Rule.  This new rule puts in place the first ever plan to get a handle on toxic coal ash, the waste generated by burning coal at coal-fired power plants.  To make your voice heard, click here. Rep. David McKinley of […]

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  • Action Alert: Submit Northern Beltline Comments

    Action Alert: Submit Comments on the Regional Transportation Plan Your Comments Due 12/9 at 5pm on regional issues, including the Northern Beltline Members of the public may comment on the greater Birmingham Regional Transportation Plan, which prioritizes projects such as bridges, new and improved roads, and safety enhancements. Please submit […]

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  • Red flags for Northern Beltline

     Long Range Plan for Birmingham Region Would Allocate More than Half of Available Funding for Transportation Improvements to Northern Beltline Completion of the Project Now Estimated to Take 75 Years   For Immediate Release: November 19, 2014 Contact: Sarah Stokes, Southern Environmental Law Center, 205-745-3060 Birmingham, AL— The Birmingham Metropolitan […]

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  • Orvis helps Riverkeeper Protect Local Waters

    Orvis Store in Birmingham Helps Riverkeeper Protect Local Waters   Birmingham, AL (October 30, 2014) – On behalf of its Birmingham Retail Store, The Orvis Company, Inc. has made a $2,500 grant to the Black Warrior Riverkeeper. The grant supports the non-profit organization’s mission to protect and restore Alabama’s Black […]

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