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Drought hitting Alabama cattle producers hard

Recent rains across parts of Alabama have helped some, but Alabama cattle producers are still reeling from “flash drought” conditions that is impacting grazing pastures, hay production and delaying planting of winter grasses used to feed cattle.  According to the U.S. Drought Monitor report released last week portions of 16 states across the south are … Continued
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October 22, 2019

Alabama Public Service Commission sets public hearing on solar fees

The Alabama Public Service Commission on Monday announced it would hold a “limited” public hearing to discuss a complaint over Alabama Power’s fees to customers with solar rooftop arrays.  For many months it was unclear whether the PSC would allow the environmental group complainants — Energy Alabama and the Birmingham-based Gasp, represented by the Southern … Continued
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October 10, 2019

Temps cooling off after record-breaking heatwave

Monday brought cooler weather and a little rain across parts of Alabama, a much-needed respite from a heatwave last week in which several Alabama cities ranked as the hottest in the nation.   Jessica Winton, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Birmingham, told APR on Monday that Huntsville would see highs in the upper … Continued
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October 8, 2019

Goldman Sachs report analyzes climate change impacts

Investment banking powerhouse Goldman Sachs’s recent report predicts climate change will drive the “largest infrastructure buildout in history” as cities spend big to mitigate rising seas, flooding, increasingly strong storms longer and more intense heat waves and threats to food and water supplies.  The report by Global Market Institute, Goldman Sachs’ research think tank, states … Continued
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October 1, 2019

Gulf environmental group’s lawsuit claims waivers for offshore oil drillers are unsafe, illegal

An environmental advocacy group on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration claiming the government is allowing offshore oil drillers to skip critical safety tests put in place to prevent another event like the deadly Deepwater Horizon disaster.  The Washington D.C.-based nonprofit legal advocacy group Democracy Forward filed a civil suit in the U.S. … Continued
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September 27, 2019

Whatley elected chairman of the Alabama State Parks Committee

Sen. Tom Whatley, R-Auburn, has been elected chairman of the state Legislature’s Joint Committee on State Parks, it was announced Thursday.  The committee was created by the state Legislature in 2000 “to study, review, and concur in the long-range capital plan for restoration of existing state park facilities and the acquisition of new state park … Continued
September 20, 2019