Black Warrior Riverkeeper

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Black Warrior Riverkeeper last week threatened a lawsuit if the pumping didn't stop.

The river protection group has given the company 60 days to stop pumping or the group said it plans to file a lawsuit.

Black Warrior Riverkeeper filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency on Feb. 27, 2019, in an effort to ensure the protection Black Warrior River’s watersheds by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management. ADEM dropped Lost Creek and Big Yellow Creek from the state’s Section 303(d) List, which features and describes bodies of water in … Continued

By Chandler Walker Alabama Political Reporter An analysis recently performed on Alabama’s rivers shows that, in 2015, almost ten million pounds of toxic chemicals were dumped into the water, according to the Black Warrior Riverkeeper. These chemicals included over 50,000 pounds of carcinogens, which are substances and exposures that lead to cancer. It also possessed … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama Northern Division ruled against the Black Warrior Riverkeeper (BWR) in BWR’s request for a preliminary injunction to block the start of construction for the Northern Beltline. BWR had requested the injunction, claiming that the start of construction … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The job-focused public interest group JobKeeper Alliance on Tuesday issued a press statement announcing that the coal jobs recently announced will make coal a larger employer in Alabama than the Airbus assembly plant recently announced in Mobile. Rep. Bill Roberts (R) from Jasper who sponsored the tax incentive bill … Continued