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NWS cuts could affect storm-readiness in Alabama and across the country

Lawmakers and experts warn that Trump administration cuts to NOAA and NWS threaten severe weather forecasting capacity amid an active tornado season.
May 22, 2025

James Spann wades into dispute over Trump’s hurricane claims

The federal agency that oversees the National Weather Service is backing President Donald Trump over the weather service’s Birmingham office in the week-long dispute over whether Hurricane Dorian ever had the potential to impact Alabama — and the state’s most popular television meteorologist is weighing in. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released a statement … Continued
September 6, 2019

Introduction: Impact of climate change on Alabama

Professor James McClintock knows that some might never believe the science behind climate change, which shows that fossil fuel use is causing dramatic changes in our weather.  But McClintock, a professor of polar and marine biology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham who has spent decades researching sea life and how climate change affects … Continued
July 9, 2019

Stewardship of Alabama is a real question to be answered in the climate debate

Climate change is a top issue for Democrat voters in the ongoing presidential debates, according to a Morning Consult poll. In Alabama, two Republican U.S. Senate candidates say that the weather is in the hands of God so they’re not worried. Some see changes in the climate as an existential threat, while others appear to … Continued
July 8, 2019

Brooks: Green New Deal should be scrapped

Alabama Congressman Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, signed the discharge petition for H.Res. 132, a resolution calling for consideration of Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s, D-New York, Green New Deal. If 218 U.S. House of Representatives members sign the discharge petition, there will be a House floor vote on Ocasio-Cortez’s proposal, which Brooks derided as the “Green Raw Deal.” … Continued
May 10, 2019