Category: Environment
Residents, Environmentalists Urge Strictness in ABC Coke Permit
The health department is close to deciding the industry’s permit renewal application.
Warming Stations Open as Birmingham Settles in for a Deep Freeze
Dangerously cold temperatures are predicted into Sunday.
Some Schools Delay Opening Tuesday as Freeze Begins to Lift
Temps are expected to hover in the teens and 20s in the morning before eventually rising to nearly 40.
Bitter Cold Triggers School and Office Closings, Road Warnings
Black ice could be a threat on Birmingham-area roads Monday.
Purdy Dam Foundation Not Strong Enough to Support Rehab, Must Be Stabilized
Central Alabama Water plans deep foundation to stabilize the dam before continuing rehab project; learns no dye test conducted to test seepage since the 1980s.
JeffCo To Renew Stream Testing Program
Water is tested at streams across the county.
Birmingham’s Water Line Work Can Temporarily Increase Lead Levels in Some Tap Water
Legal, Funding Questions Surround Mandate To Replace Lead Water Lines
The water works faces an immense undertaking to replace all lead and some galvanized service lines throughout its system by 2037.
Residents Voice Their Concerns in Meeting About Regional Climate Action Plan
Nearly two dozen people assembled to talk about their concerns and priorities for the environment in the future as the city of Birmingham leads construction of a Central Alabama Climate Action Plan.
Birmingham Calls for Community Ideas to Build a Sustainability Plan
The city is launching a community engagement effort to seek input from the public as it develops the plan.
