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UA student earns Black Warrior Riverkeeper scholarship grant

Mykah Hughley will support clean water advocacy this summer through outreach, cleanups, petitions and presentations with the nonprofit.
June 12, 2026

Black Warrior Riverkeeper sues EPA to protect vulnerable streams

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
February 28, 2019

Toxic chemicals dumped in Alabama rivers

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
November 17, 2017

Court Rules in Favor of Northern Beltline

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
January 20, 2014

JobKeeper Alliance Says that Alabama Economy is Threatened by Out of State Agenda

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
July 25, 2012