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  • New Lawsuit Challenges Flawed Northern Beltline Permit

    SELC and Black Warrior Riverkeeper Challenge Flawed Northern Beltline Permit     For Release: October 25, 2013 Contact: Sarah Stokes, Staff Attorney, Southern Environmental Law Center, 205-745-3060 Nelson Brooke, Black Warrior Riverkeeper, 205-458-0095 Birmingham, AL — The Southern Environmental Law Center today filed a new federal lawsuit on behalf of […]

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  • Lands Unsuitable for Mining Petition Denied in Flawed Decision

    Lands Unsuitable for Mining Petition Denied in Flawed Decision   For Immediate Release October 28, 2013 Contact: Eva Dillard, Staff Attorney, Black Warrior Riverkeeper: 205-458-0095, [email protected] Jasper — Today the Alabama Surface Mining Commission (ASMC) refused to declare 40,300 acres of land adjacent to the Mulberry Fork of the Black […]

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  • Groups Challenge Flawed Coal Mine Permitting

    Groups Challenge Flawed Coal Mine Permitting along Black Warrior River For Release: November 25, 2013 Contact: Catherine Wannamaker, Senior Attorney, Southern Environmental Law Center, (650) 793-3372 Nelson Brooke, Riverkeeper, Black Warrior Riverkeeper, (205) 458-0095 Mike Senatore, Vice President, Defenders of Wildlife, (202) 772-3221 Jim Hecker, Environmental Enforcement Project Director, Public […]

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  • Epiphany Event February 6

    Farm to Table Event at Epiphany with Druid City Brewing Benefits BWRk   Tuscaloosa, Ala. – Thursday, February 6 at 8pm, Epiphany will host a Farm to Table Dinner to raise money for Black Warrior Riverkeeper and awareness for local food and beverages.  Tuscaloosa’s “farm-to-fork” restaurant since 2003, Epiphany (519 […]

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  • February 20 Public Hearing

    Lands Unsuitable for Coal Mining Petition: Public Hearing on February 20   For Immediate Release January 27, 2014 Contact: Nelson Brooke, Riverkeeper, Black Warrior Riverkeeper: 205-458-0095, [email protected] Eva Dillard, Staff Attorney, Black Warrior Riverkeeper: 205-458-0095, [email protected] Jasper, Ala. – The Alabama Surface Mining Commission (ASMC) will hold a public hearing […]

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  • Forever Wild’s Five Year Plan

    Action Alert: Participate in Forever Wild’s Five Year Plan   Black Warrior Riverkeeper is proud to support the work that Alabama’s Forever Wild Land Trust has done to secure public lands for outdoor recreation, the ecological integrity of Alabama’s landscape, as well as the flow of outdoor recreation and tourism […]

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  • Top Scientists Oppose Coal Mines Near Drinking Water Source

    Eminent Scientists Join Riverkeeper Effort to Prevent Coal Mines Near Birmingham Water Source For Immediate Release    February 28, 2014 Contact: Nelson Brooke, Riverkeeper, Black Warrior Riverkeeper: 205-458-0095, [email protected] Eva Dillard, Staff Attorney, Black Warrior Riverkeeper: 205-458-0095, [email protected] Birmingham, Ala. – Black Warrior Riverkeeper has filed public comments in an appeal […]

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  • New Chance to Stop the Shepherd Bend Mine

    ACTION ALERT: A New Chance to Stop the Shepherd Bend Mine   Take Action to protect a major source of drinking water in Alabama!  Urge the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) to stop the proposed Shepherd Bend Mine from polluting the Black Warrior River’s Mulberry Fork, which provides daily […]

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  • Earthbound’s Earthfest 2014

    Earthbound’s Earthfest Benefits BWRk at Avondale Brewery on April 19   For Immediate Release Contact: Charles Scribner, Executive Director, Black Warrior Riverkeeper: (205) 458-0095, [email protected] Birmingham, Ala. – Saturday April 19, 2014 from 2pm to sundown, Earthbound will play their annual outdoor rock concert, Earthbound’s Earthfest, at Avondale Brewery (201 […]

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  • Stop HB475

    Action Alert: Tell your Representative to Vote NO on SB355/HB475   There’s a stormwater bill in the Alabama Legislature that would restrict local governments’ ability to control pollution into nearby waterways.  SB355/HB475 already passed the Senate, and this week is our last chance to stop it from passing the House […]

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